Sentence examples for way tender from inspiring English sources

When she was not mad at us, her voice was throaty and exasperated, not unfriendly but in no way tender or wise or reproving, with the full tones, the suggestion of sadness, that I expected in a mother.

In the best scene in "Fightville," Mr. Stainback, who has angered Mr. Credeur by slacking, takes a bad beating at the gym from Mr. Poirier, a punishment that's both brutal and, in its strange way, tender.

Managing director Tim Brooks says Overbury was just one example of the way tenders were negotiated for Kings Place: "What has been interesting about some of our tendering processes is the companies say they have learned more from us than any other.

Charming, loosely connected essays on developments like eyeglasses, shoes, chairs and other inventions that have changed our lives and bodies in unforeseen ways (tender feet, weaker spines); by a researcher at the National Museum of American History.

The long Colombian-style empanadas ($1), especially the beef ones, stuffed with a sturdy mix of mashed potatoes and way-tender meat, are a must, more so on weekends when they're hot and fresh.

The opinions and actions of organizations such as WHO, UNAIDS and the Global Fund in changing the ways tenders are conducted, in pharmaceutical regulation, and in forecasting will be critical in achieving the goal Ó 15 million people on ARV treatment by 2015 Ó which they helped formulate.

What a fabulous way to tender your resignation.

"He was caressing my head in this sick way, this tender way, saying: 'You're going to die tonight.

That gives way to tender talk of love and loneliness, which against all odds, is even a little affecting.

Mr. Brown's patience snapped, and he walked out of Downing Street after giving palace officials less than an hour's notice that he was on his way to tender his resignation to the queen.

Not the way, say, "Tender Is the Night" might lure you to the South of France, or even, for that matter, the way Mr. Matthiessen's own masterful "Snow Leopard" has inspired pilgrims to the Himalayas.