Word: tenderer
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...Vines Have Tender Grapes...
Chief feature of the disorder is a small, tender, fibrous nodule under the skin near the top of the victim's shoulder blade...
...marked the turning point in his life with a carefully written, ambitious, disappointing novel about insanity, Tender Is the Night. By 1935, his body had begun to crack. He drank too much; he was dogged by insomnia; he drugged himself with Napoleonic dreams of military prowess and imaginary victories on the Princeton football field. He was haunted by adolescent disappointments, such as having lost the presidency of a sophomore club and not having gone over seas in the war. He described himself as a man "standing at twilight on a deserted range, with an empty rifle in [his] hands...
Stern Judges. The judges entered. Four were regular magistrates with stern expressions ; five were representatives of left-wing parties. Koch was called to the bar by the president. He might have been walking into a cafe. The glance he cast at the judges might be meant for a bar tender. He merely nodded curtly in answer to the judge's questions. President Maroni: "Will you answer with something more than gestures?" Koch's voice suddenly rang out loud and firm, almost triumphant: "I was born at Benevento in south Italy 27 years ago. I was in Leghorn waiting...
...tender embrace, in the midst of which both the gentleman and lady are keeping one hand free to hold on to their spectacles...