Struck and Tender

Struck

Struck adjective - (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming.

Tender and struck are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tender" instead an adjective "Struck".

Tender

Tender adjective - Easily injured without careful handling.

Struck and tender are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Struck" instead an adjective "Tender".

Both words in one sentence

  • "Gift of the Magi" Plot Except it comes off as a surprisingly cruel Deconstruction, as the two, at the tender age of six, both sacrificed a key aspect of their own personalities in hopes that it would make the other happy after a certain tragedy struck and traumatized them.
  • Purple Is Powerful However, the series seems to give hints that Cure Fortune's powers are not hers, but her sister's, Cure Tender, who was one of many Cures struck down and captured by the powerful Phantom.
  • The latter is because there was also a coin called a "crown" (face value 5 shillings or 25p), but although this coin was (and is to this day) legal tender, it hasn't been struck for circulation in decades.
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