Which preposition to use with tenderness

of Occurrences 375%

What these honours shall be is a point to be settled by this liberal and enlightened Assembly, which assuredly will not fail to remember that he suggested to Legal Authority her omissions and defects with the modest and endearing tenderness of a Friend; that he laboured in the service of Justice with that intelligence, fortitude, and zeal, which her votaries cannot too warmly admire, or too gratefully acknowledge.

for Occurrences 144%

"After my first transports had subsided into deep and settled grief, my love and tenderness for Veenah returned in full force.

in Occurrences 107%

"Dear my lord andhusband," she whispered, "'tis for this so sweet tenderness in thee that I do love thee best, methinks!" "And fear me no more?" "Aye, my lord, I do fear thee whenwhen thou dost look on me so, but when thou dost look on me so'tis then I do love thee most, my Beltane!" Up to his feet sprang Beltane and caught her to him, breast to breast and lip to lip.

to Occurrences 64%

Her loving tenderness to the children committed to her care and her pure gentle life were remarked by those around her before there was any thought of her dying a heroic death.

with Occurrences 37%

But Smith will do no such thing, and the tenderness with which he is rearing the two beautiful, black-eyed, raven-haired little girls, proves that he will not.

towards Occurrences 28%

Zeus himself, though eventually in obedience to destiny he permits the fall of the city, nevertheless has a great tenderness towards it.

toward Occurrences 17%

She remembered Skinny's too rapidly developing tenderness toward herself.

on Occurrences 14%

Shedad could not restrain his tenderness on learning the magnanimity of his son's silence.

from Occurrences 12%

Women fed them, or those who seemed in need, thinking, perhaps, of their own distant darlings receiving like tenderness from the stranger.

as Occurrences 9%

There was a great tenderness in her eyessuch a tenderness as, resting on men, may bring them nearer to the angels.

into Occurrences 8%

"An' livin' alone puts notions o' love and tenderness into my head that never comed thar when Maw was alive an' kickin'.

over Occurrences 6%

Many persons will call to mind a certain philosopher's tenderness over his watch"the little creature"which was so singularly lost and found again.

than Occurrences 6%

Dorothy was gifted with even a quicker tenderness than her husband, and she approved of all his doings and intentions.

about Occurrences 5%

When the swelling and tenderness about the joint are very great, from eight to twelve leeches may be applied.

by Occurrences 5%

Perhaps, in after life she would find his tenderness by losingor not havingsome one else.

out Occurrences 5%

Ariosto has taken all tenderness out of Angelica, except that of a kind of boarding-school first love (which, however, as here-after intimated, may have simplified and improved her general effect), and he has omitted all that was amusing in the character of Astolfo.

between Occurrences 4%

In the tale of Cuchulain of Muirthemne he (Cuchulain) and Ferdiad fought for three days on end, yet at the close of each day kissed each other affectionately; and in the present war there are hundreds of stories already in circulation of acts of grace and tenderness between enemies, as well as the quaintest quips and jokes and demonstrations of sociability between men in opposing trenches who "ought" to have been slaying each other.

at Occurrences 4%

And with a sudden tenderness at my heart, right under the eyes of Mrs. Stewart, I reached up, caught Dorothy's hand, and kissed it.

within Occurrences 3%

Sometimes, too, there were moments of strange tenderness within him for this helpless, suffering morsel of humanity that called him "babbo!"

under Occurrences 2%

He had no especial sympathy with Holmes, either: the men were started in life from opposite poles: and with all the real tenderness under his surly, rugged habit, it would have been hard to touch him with the sudden doom fallen on this man, thrown crippled and penniless upon the world, helpless, it might be, for life.

through Occurrences 2%

Her voice came to him very softly, with a hushing tenderness through the miniature rush and gurgle of the water.

behind Occurrences 1%

To none but Clarissa was he ever seen to relax his serious manner; perhaps hers were the only eyes who saw the tenderness behind the stern, reserved exterior.

before Occurrences 1%

One time, I remember, while repeating my prayers to my aunt, the grace of God shone so sweetly upon me, I was melted down into tenderness before the Lord; and it seemed as if the glory of the Lord shone round about me, while I repeated the well-known hymn 'Glory to Thee, my God, this night.'

around Occurrences 1%

She opened her arms, and threw them with passionate tenderness around his neck.

after Occurrences 1%

" More tears and smiles and tenderness after that.

Which preposition to use with  tenderness