solicitousness

• “Pehrson was a good man, but this kind of solicitousness Baker found annoying.”

  The Great Gray Plague

• “What others say "His public demeanour is one of intense solicitousness and earnest courtesy, without a trace of aristocratic hauteur.”

  The Guardian: Emperor Akihito: A bulwark against a sea of troubles | Observer profile

• “One also gets a backstage world, the super-star entourage, managers and publicists whose solicitousness and expertise at their roles mirrored the maestro's intensity.”

  The Huffington Post: Allan M. Jalon: Capturing Bernstein: Behind The Lens Of Steve J. Sherman

• “Justified or not, the National's extreme solicitousness about nudity might not be unrelated to a growing adult panic about premature sexualisation which, despairing at the tide of pornography, repeatedly fixates on banning or suppressing the wrong or most trivial things, from lurid stories to slutty dollies and trashy children's clothes which enrage parents who would never buy them anyway.”

  The Guardian: Teenagers won't be shocked by a naked man on the stage | Catherine Bennett

• “Meetings would be called, consultations held and eventually decisions taken that may or may not baffle the recipients of the state's solicitousness: ie, a pier to nowhere which if from a distance a bemused observer squints his eyes while gazing at the otherwise stunning scene could, just barely, rid the hulk from consciousness for a second or two.”

  Mexico's endless Pacific beach: sun, surf, sand, seafood and solitude

• “She could see that he was worn out, and her sympathy and solicitousness in the weeks that followed endeared her to him more than ever.”

  Simon & Schuster: A Covert Affair

• “Brennan had not entirely adjusted to the presence of women acting as advocates at the Court, either, as suggested by his excessive solicitousness of the pregnant Torregrossa.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Excerpts from 'Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion' by Seth Stern and Stephen Wermiel

• “Service is iffy; the staff hasn't yet figured out the ballet of solicitousness and invisibility that should be evident in a luxe locale like this.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Eating Well in Historic Rouen

• “As Roy Miller, a mysterious and winning guy who pops into the life of June Havens (Cameron Diaz) in the Wichita airport, Cruise is ineffably polite, to the point of solicitousness.”

  The Huffington Post: Marshall Fine: Movie review: Knight and Day

• “His solicitousness sounded authentic when he spoke about Wayne Rooney's lack of a goal for United or England since 30March.”

  The Guardian: Manchester United and Chelsea turn to youth as austerity bites

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