bighearted

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Sullo was caring and bighearted, but "stubborn," "opinionated," and not necessarily fond of rules.

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  • She was prickly, demanding, funny, bighearted, and loyal beyond all reason. —  tell No one
  • The title story, Tower's most bighearted and sentimental, is not coincidentally the one in which the violence is least sublimated: The story chronicles the marital and pillaging difficulties of a roaming band of blood-soaked Vikings. —  Village Voice - The most recent 10 stories
  • The group does have one thing going for it, though: a bighearted and mostly wonderful new album, A Nation of Actors, which could earn the band the second look they've long been seeking. —  Express Milwaukee
  • The generosity of spirit here can remind you of early Jonathan Demme movies or Robert Zemeckis's forgotten 1978 comedy "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" - another tale of bighearted Jersey teens descending on Manhattan in search of the one band that gives life meaning. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • Anderson 's fearless, bighearted filmmaking is an antidote to the toxic cloud of Manifest Destiny. —  GreenCine Daily
 

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