Sentence examples for less than tender from inspiring English sources
The pasta encircling a pheasant filling in the ravioli special, however, was less than tender.
The liquor around a roast squid was intense and savoury, though the squid itself was less than tender.
Put the stems in a large bowl, tear up the leaves and add them to the stems, discarding any that are less than tender.
His Stanford Prison Experiment made headlines 31 years ago when participating students at Stanford University were jailed by a cooperative local police force and left to the less than tender mercies of other students posing as guards.
Meanwhile, Betty, in the less than tender grips of the hospital staff, is blown off when she learns to her great dismay that her own (WASP) doctor is off in Manhattan for a fancy anniversary dinner and she will be attended by a (Jewish) doctor she's never met before.
Tougher cuts of meat, like beef chuck roasts and pork shoulders, cost less than tender cuts.
The less- than-tender lobster and the nothing-special fish would make a neophyte wonder why these two dishes were so exalted.
Most other main events, including a standard rack of lamb ($20); penne à la vodka ($15) punctuated by tasty caramelized prosciutto squares; and a less-than-tender, though tasty, veal Marsala ($18), were respectable though not extraordinary.
Compared with RA patients with less than 11 tender points, RA patients with 11 or more tender points had lower pain thresholds at all sites (Table 6).
To confirm that these relations remained the same among RA patients who had less than 11 tender points, we ran the final model, excluding participants with 11 or more tender points.
