Sentence examples similar to tenderly grip from inspiring English sources

There, in a tangle of black and yellow cables, she found another token of love and her heart melted: her dead car battery was getting a trickle charge, its terminals gripped tenderly in the dragon's jaws of the alligator clips connecting it to her husband's 4-amp Sears charger.

Pacquiao gripped the lectern tenderly, his left hand swollen some twice its normal size.

Hold her tenderly to convey affection and intimacy.

Hold yourself there, gently and tenderly.

During the war he also met and admired Ernest Hemingway, who praised Salinger's ability to "write tenderly and lovingly without getting wet".Full of colour and intrigue, "Salinger" can be gripping.

Softly, tenderly.

He rubbed it tenderly.

"Merry Christmas, Charlie," she said tenderly.

Jessica touched them tenderly.

"Go on," Mum said tenderly.

"No," she had said, tenderly.