Sentence examples for tender surprises from inspiring English sources

Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.ukWINNER of one of last year's Costa prizes for his novel, "Brooklyn", twice shortlisted for the Man Booker prize, Colm Tóibín is a writer readers look forward to.His second collection of short stories, "The Empty Family", which was published late last year in Britain and comes out this month in America, is rich with tender surprises.

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Dark Lolita and I developed a particularly sweet bond, casual but tender, and I surprised myself with my openness to it.

Her stories of growing up immersed in the pro-life movement and in Church arcana — and, later, of taking her ailing husband to live with her parents in their rectory — are both savage and tender, shot through with surprises and revelations.

There are tender moments and heartwarming surprises, strong personalities and examples of human frailty throughout.

The 35-year-old Monk is tasting it at a tender age, to the surprise of some.

The pooch appeared unhappy and was surprised by tender human contact -- a sign of possible abuse in her past, her owner said.

Vincent Canby wrote in The Times in 1983, " 'Tender Mercies' is full of surprises, the major one being that a film that so unembarrassedly and unashamedly endorses the so-called old-fashioned values could be both moving and provocative".

And sea bass comes with a sturdy tomato-based sauce and a surprise accompaniment: three tender clams.

Youngsters are likely to be laughing so hard at Sara's verbal volleys with Wanda Bethanyy Butler and Joee, the boy next door (Dustin Sullivan), that they will be surprised by the tender moments.

The former horror director surprises all with a tender family drama.