tender-minded

Example Sentences

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His weakness seems to me to be due to just the kind of uncertainty which might be expected of a man who suddenly finds himself in a strange environment, especially a conscientious, tender-minded, thin-skinned man to whom the behavior of the crowd is alarming because it is alien.

From Salon

“He wanted to craft a philosophy that was absolutely honest to the twisted, often contradictory, facts of life, but also to the desire that many of us have to transcend them. In his words, he wanted to provide a way of thinking between the ‘tough-minded’ scientist and the ‘tender-minded’ idealist, preserving what is valuable about both sides.”

From New York Times

Jacklin, Europe's most successful skipper of all time having won two matches, tied one and lost one, told Reuters at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth in May that he thought the 39-year-old Scot was "a bit iffy sometimes" and "a bit tender-minded".

From Reuters

“He’s a bit tender-minded maybe.”

From The Guardian

"He's a bit tender-minded maybe. You've got to have that mental toughness. You've got to be able to walk through walls and be as hard as nails. "It was quoted once that the softest thing about me out on the course was my teeth.

From Reuters