The book opens with the moodily tender Alex, home in New York from conservatory in Indiana, inexplicably storming out of Natasha's apartment.
She had to be tougher than the men at work and still soft and tender at home, placating her lover, apologising to him, cooking for him, compartmentalising her world, though of course the boundaries kept crumbling and collapsing.
Miss Beatrice Blood was Fanny Parr, an actress on the stage, & at home, tender & cozy Bee.
The only words it contained were his parents' tender entreaties: "Come home, Wally, wherever you are, if you are.
There's something irresistibly quaint about the moment when Zorro and his wife, while sharing a tender moment at home, suddenly find themselves surrounded by a dozen sword-clanking soldiers who somehow crept noiselessly into the house.
A mere $25 will buy me a specialty Spaetzle maker, which promises a world in which I can "swiftly make the tender morsels at home in any quantity".
Once the lender approves the valuation they will issue a 'Conditional Loan Approval' on the land and an 'Unconditional Loan Approval' on the home tender, they will require a copy of your Building Contract then a copy of Council Stamped approved plans as they become available, later on, to make the loan "Unconditional'.
It became the chief governing body in Rome and tendered advice on home and foreign policy, on legislation, and on financial and religious questions.
Provided you meet the qualifications and are of the age of 62 or older, you can get approved for a loan that does not have to repaid until you die, when the sale of your home tenders the balance due.
Matthew Finn's portraits of his mother at home are tender to a point but far from saccharine.
