Instead of coming off as lewd, transgressive or unnecessarily shocking, the story has a surpassingly tender quality, revealing the awkwardness of Cliff's initiation to the desperation of adult sexuality.
Borgnine was offered the role after a female guest at a Hollywood reception quite disinterestedly remarked to Hecht that, ugly as he was, Borgnine possessed an oddly tender quality which made her yearn to mother him.
They have an emotional, tender quality to their music, even when it gets aggressive.
There was a time in this country when people who didn't live next-door to a sheep farmer never laid eyes on lamb of that tender quality, but recently it has become more available, especially in cities where there are people of Mediterranean background.
"The ancient fairy tale fell roundly and harmoniously upon Katherine's ears". Something of that scatty, archaic, tender quality creeps into Garnett's book, too.
All her tender qualities were complemented by a lust for a life, a keen wit, sharp sense of humor and a well-honed pragmatic view of the world.
In view of the actual situation in the sector, it would be realistic to increase the transitional period from three to five years, or even seven years, where a contract was the subject of a tendering or quality comparison procedure before the Regulation entered into force.
Haydn's music is not just witty but also elaborate, rich and tender, qualities Mr. Goren captured in his conducting.
The first quality suffuses a tender sculpture by the Yoruba artist Olowe of Ise (circa 1875-1938), depicting a woman with a child on her back and a bird in one hand.
