How to Use solicitous in a Sentence

solicitous

adjective
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  • He had always been solicitous for the welfare of his family.
  • The service was solicitous, and the food was tasty and fresh.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland.com, 15 May 2018
  • Our waiter was a joy and couldn’t have been more solicitous.
    — Si Liberman, San Antonio Express-News, 5 June 2018
  • Towards the end of his life, Bob required the help of Liddie, his solicitous wife.
    — David Pryce-Jones, National Review, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Legere keeps the pace rapid and the tone solicitous, doling out cash rewards (peeled off a stash of rolled-up $20 bills) for those brave enough to query him.
    — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Upstairs is hushed and plush, with soft tones, rooms that seat 100, and solicitous waiters.
    — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2018
  • The president and his staff would not be so solicitous.
    — Joshua Green, Bloomberg.com, 6 July 2017
  • Mr Moon plays the solicitous suitor to Mr Kim, but gets nothing but abuse in return.
    — The Economist, 24 Oct. 2019
  • On the Palestinian side, there is little to lose in being solicitous of Mr. Trump.
    — Ian Fisher, New York Times, 17 May 2017
  • Shiffrin is sweet and genuine off the slopes, respectful and solicitous of others.
    — John Meyer, The Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2017
  • Putin, in his first few years in office, was relatively solicitous of the West.
    — Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2017
  • This had led to selfie requests and, at one point, a solicitous exchange with a distraught woman who told Adams that a stranger had just spit in her face.
    — Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Through the two days, regular ICU staff were there for me on a moment's notice, always solicitous of my needs.
    — Star Tribune, 14 June 2021
  • Service is hit or miss, flaky at the bar during one visit, solicitous and thorough during a follow-up meal in the dining room.
    — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Perhaps Mr Sunstein is right, and American law, solicitous of freedom of speech, can’t do much about this.
    — The Economist, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Biden should have lunch with Roger Goodell, stop being so solicitous and pleading and start being forceful.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 27 July 2021
  • But there is sweetness enough in the very fine food made with care and in the cordial and solicitous staff, whose skill and thoughtfulness could be emulated by some of the higher-end restaurantes in town.
    — Beth Segal, cleveland.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • And that Trump is so gullible, so gormless, so solicitous of foreign adversaries, may make some of us on the left more open to a new understanding of the CIA, if only as a counterweight to the dupe in charge.
    — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 7 Aug. 2021
  • The Democrats, ever solicitous of the people’s welfare and comfort, want to make voting easier.
    — Harvey C. Mansfield, WSJ, 1 July 2022
  • He is cheered by crowds, pursued by the press, protected by the Secret Service, attended by a solicitous staff, discussed in millions of homes.
    — Jon Meacham, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Evelyn complains about the heat, teases revealing the secret recipe for the town’s famous chicken salad, and is solicitous if condescending to a young black girl who stands near the front of the group.
    — Justin Taylor, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Marvelously solicitous employees of Air France assured him that the airline would book them on a flight leaving the next day and cover their overnight expenses.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, The New York Review of Books, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Some Republican politicians in Tennessee, a state known for its tough anti-union policies, felt that VW had been too solicitous of the workers.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 9 June 2019
  • But some supporters of Ukraine’s pro-Western course have criticized him for being too solicitous of Mr. Putin’s demands.
    — New York Times, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Frictions with the administration come with the territory, even as many in the briefing room are solicitous to the point of unseemly apple-polishing of the spokesman.
    — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 16 May 2017
  • Dinner was alfresco, beneath a swatch of thatch, with solicitous waiters serving sizzling steak tacos and the Pacific pounding sand a few yards off.
    — Nina Burleigh, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2016
  • Mark had a hard-to-place accent Settingsgaard thought sounded European, along with a caring and solicitous manner.
    — John Keilman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The five women whose courtroom testimony showed a pattern of Cosby’s predation made a lie of his defense that all solicitous young things are in on the deal to trade their bodies for his connections.
    — Ronnie Polaneczky, Philly.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Its very title gives an indication of just how much trust the audience should put in Jack, Bella’s ever-solicitous husband.
    — New York Times, 20 July 2022
  • On board, smaller ships win with readers for their intimate ambience and solicitous crews.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Oct. 2022

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