Tenderly

Examples

• Two fair arms closed tenderly round his neck as he stooped down. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Faculties less delicately balanced, constitutions less tenderly organised, must have suffered under such an ordeal as this. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I love you very tenderly. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The hint, though conveyed thus tenderly and modestly (as Caroline thought), was felt keenly and comprehended clearly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But I was restrained, when I thought of the heroic and suffering Elizabeth, whom I tenderly loved, and whose existence was bound up in mine. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• He carried her lightly to the door, and laid her tenderly down in a coach. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• When I love a person very tenderly indeed, it seems to brighten. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Long and tenderly she nursed me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He tenderly raised my head, and as I clung to him, kissed me in his old fatherly way again and again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Now mind you go to bed, dear, he said, kissing her tenderly; no more magical ceremonies to-night. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I sank back on my pillow after drinking, and the face that looked so hopefully and tenderly upon me was the face of Joe. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The old man receives it in his arms like a beloved grandchild and pats it tenderly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Let her be taken care of; let her be treated as tenderly as may be: let her-- he stopped and burst into tears. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Beth cherished them all the more tenderly for that very reason, and set up a hospital for infirm dolls. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He took her mantle from the wall, and tenderly wrapped it round her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• On the contrary, it would have been better, for his preservation would then have naturally and tenderly addressed my heart. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• My poor Helena, you look fit to drop, said Maurice tenderly, drawing her down beside him. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• He doted on her boy--tenderly doted on him! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• She must be touched very tenderly. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• They kissed their mother quietly, clung about her tenderly, and tried to wave their hands cheerfully when she drove away. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Adieu, I embrace you tenderly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• No word, good or bad, did Mrs Boffin say; but she tenderly took care of Bella, and glanced at her husband as if for orders. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It came to Clennam in his adversity, strongly and tenderly. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Lydgate smiled at her tenderly, and really accepted the suggestion that the proud pleasure of showing so charming a bride was worth some trouble. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She raised herself, leaned over him tenderly, and kissed him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• For his own part he said to himself that he loved her as tenderly as ever, and could make up his mind to her negations; but--well! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She gazed tenderly on her furrowed sire. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He gazed for a few seconds in the face; then stooped to kiss it--oh, how tenderly! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Do remember me to him very tenderly: as to your stupid Duke of Leinster he never deserved you. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I was glad to be tenderly remembered, to be gently pitied, not to be quite forgotten. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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