How to Use kindness in a Sentence

kindness

noun
  • You would be doing me a great kindness if you agreed to help.
  • We thanked her for her many kindnesses.
  • So they might be held in an instant of kindness when frustration might be the norm.
    Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2022
  • So did the simple kindness of others: seeing someone give money to a broke friend or assist a stranger on the street.
    Dacher Keltner, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The one gift of kindness that made Berrie's family whole did the same for nine other families.
    Steve Hartman, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2022
  • David Beckham’s approach of choosing kindness and taking the high road has set a new standard for us.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Allowing kids to make their own connections while teaching them to foster kindness are crucial life skills.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Five years after his death at age 20, Cameron Boyce's friends are still sharing stories of his kindness.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2024
  • That's likely not true—financial companies don't provide services out of the kindness of their hearts.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Consider this act of kindness by Williams this holiday season.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Every paycheck, Lyn Thomas puts some money aside for a very important purpose: to fund random acts of kindness.
    Catherine Garcia, The Week, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Through firsthand accounts, Kennedy retraces the event minute-by-minute, demonstrating mother nature’s power and the kindness of strangers in equal parts.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 Dec. 2022
  • But focusing on heartening aspects of an event, like the risks taken by emergency workers or the kindness of neighbors and strangers, can leave children with a sense of hope.
    Joseph Berger, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Specifically, the kindness of nurturing: Roz is, in a sense, all of our mothers (and, in the case of this writer, the name of his actual mother).
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2024
  • This special examines how one act of kindness can become a butterfly effect for positivity.
    Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2022
  • This mindset creates a transactional view of the relationship, where each act of kindness or responsibility must be matched.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Growing up with Alexis, Alexis taught me so much about art and music and fashion and humor and loyalty and kindness and friendship and family.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2024
  • In another act of kindness, a Buffalo barbershop owner, Craig Elston, ended up opening his store for people to seek refuge from the storm.
    Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Don’t play the role of Blanche DuBois and depend on the kindness of strangers.
    Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2023
  • But to me, this was like the act of kindness that probably got me through the rest of the day.
    Joseph Fenity, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Choose to stand out from the crowd by being a voice of kindness.
    Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2023
  • As is the love, support, and kindness that has been shown by so many of you.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Now, in the wake of a huge wave of kindness and support, the singer is ready to open up and return to the road.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2024
  • There are simple acts of kindness that the rest of us might try too: Check on your nurse friends.
    Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Delk has been in awe of the kindness displayed by others.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 21 May 2024
  • It was just supposed to be about love, and it was just supposed to be about kindness.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Though Margolin has long been a fan, he was charmed by the actor’s warmth and kindness.
    Jenelle Riley, Variety, 20 June 2024
  • Your kindness is one of the sweetest gifts to this world and the last 6 years the world has been a better place by having YOU in it!
    Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
  • Jelly Roll has once again stolen our hearts with his acts of kindness.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 4 Jan. 2024
  • But Samantha believed in a world of kindness and peace.
    Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 18 July 2024

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