Sentence examples for tender empathy from inspiring English sources
The scene elides the stages of erotic progress, from the restaurant to the car to the door, from the first kiss and the aroused gropes to the subtleties of tender empathy and intimate knowledge that make the difference in any encounter.
But in "Chimes of Freedom," strong metaphors replace similes; sight and sound uncannily merge in the flashing chimes; and a simple story of a couple crouching in a doorway turns into a hail-ripped carillon — and a song of tender empathy as well, far outside the old politics of left and right, black and white.
Presley brought tender empathy to this cinematic slice of social commentary.
The film gives a pretty knot to the rape story, bringing in the parents' concern, letting the girl's confession now elicit the tender empathy of all around her.
Creatives know that their tender heart, their empathy, their compassion is at the heart of their brilliance and they will eschew pride and arrogance in order to step deeper into that brilliance.
His aria that follows, "Dalla sua pace," is a tender song of love and empathy: his peace of mind depends on hers; her joys and sufferings are his.
"My late 20's!" And as she thinks back to that tender age, a look of empathy and affection for her younger self crosses her face.
Unless, of course, the author happens to be John Harvey, whose boundless empathy imparts a grave and tender tone to his bleak crime novels.
It's a feat of empathy, balanced between the harsh and the tender, which survives the momentary wobble when an excessively interesting minor character is introduced two-thirds of the way through ('Amy's face had great delicacy.
On Batson's account (1991: 86), empathy "includes feeling sympathetic, compassionate, warm, softhearted, tender, and the like, and according the empathy-altruism hypothesis, it evokes altruistic motivation".
This modest neo-realist film from Kazhakstan is both tough and tender, and it illuminates the lives of its characters with bracing clarity and understated empathy.
