How to Use tender (young) age in a Sentence

tender (young) age

noun

• Do ghosts who left us at the tender age of 38 hobble around the stage like old men?
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2023
• Tito, Jackie, Jermaine and Marlon — in the group the Jackson 5 at the tender age of 6.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
• At the tender age of 4, my arms were covered with lace gloves draping over my legs, propped for a camera.
  — Laila Annmarie Stevens, Parents, 15 Jan. 2024
• My first visit to a brewery came at the tender age of 3½ with my Grandfather Miguel.
  — Melissa Mora Hidalgo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
• At the tender age of 14, I was forced to ask myself why our friends and neighbors would so suddenly and swiftly turn on us.
  — Cherien Dabis, Variety, 16 Aug. 2022
• The institution caters to diverse age groups and skill levels, from the tender age of two to seasoned adults.
  — Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
• Raven-Symoné is grappling with the loss of her younger brother, Blaize Pearman, who died at the tender age of 31 due to his two-year battle with colon cancer.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 12 Dec. 2023
• Even at the tender age of five, Kasey-Jay is already dreaming of going to a place called Howard University.
  — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 10 July 2022
• The show lasted only one season, which was probably a good thing, given the tender age of the cast — though some of us would have gladly watched 10 more.
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
• Teammate Parker Fox, in his sixth year of college basketball, marvels at what Christie can do at the tender age of 18.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2024
• Even before Deon Mullen had a license to drive a car, he was called upon to assume a leadership role in his church at the tender age of 16.
  — Scott Talley, Freep.com, 9 Apr. 2023
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began his musical training at the tender age of three.
  — Cindi May, Scientific American, 21 May 2021
• Cocroft, now 12 games into his varsity career as the team’s starting point guard, was fearless even at a tender age.
  — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2022
• Hoffman and Streep are all-timers, but the kid (Justin Henry) is pretty damn good too, and earned himself an Oscar nomination at the tender age of eight.
  — Hilary Weaver, ELLE, 1 June 2022
• Imagine being told at that tender age that your very existence is only the result of a tragedy that happened well before you were born.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 6 Apr. 2023
• First up is the Serenade that composer Richard Strauss produced at the tender age of 17, inspired by his father’s horn playing.
  — Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
• The news of his death eight years later at the tender age of 28 (by a stray bullet shot reportedly from someone within his camp after a dispute over a dice game) shook me to my core.
  — Taylyn Washington-Harmon, refinery29.com, 4 Nov. 2022
• At the tender age of 70, Jeff Goldblum is finally overcoming his childhood fear of witches by starring in Wicked.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2023
• Hermine has been challenging herself as a baker since constructing her first solo savarin cake at the tender age of 8.
  — Andrea Park, Marie Claire, 1 Oct. 2020
• To help ease that pain, six years ago, at the tender age of 24, Charlie Javice launched her fintech, Frank, with the aim of making a degree affordable and accessible for all.
  — Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2023
• She is celebrated as a grandmother, a mother, an aunt, a daughter, a sister, and as a ruler forced into a difficult role at the tender age of 25.
  — Madeline Hayman-Reber, refinery29.com, 21 Sep. 2022
• One of the newest employees at SpaceX has been described as a child prodigy who skipped elementary school and will graduate from college this week at the tender age of 14.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 15 June 2023
• Park visitors between the tender age of three and 12 can visit the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique for a Disney-style makeover.
  — Fox News, 20 July 2022
• At the tender age of 12, Jorge Baracutei Estevez had a life-altering experience.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2023
• Days ago, Atlanta rapper Takeoff — who as a teen helped create Migos’ trendsetting triplet flow — was fatally shot at the tender age of 28.
  — Longreads, 4 Nov. 2022
• Bianca Muñiz, a singer, songwriter, and two-time cancer survivor, received her first diagnosis at the tender age of 11.
  — Kristin Booker, Allure, 14 Oct. 2020
• Just imagine if Walt Disney had, at a tender age, gotten lost in a magic forest, dropped acid, and made hallucinatory love to a white mare.
  — Jason Kehe, Wired, 21 Aug. 2020
• Mexican clubs Atlas and Santos had scouted him and reached out, but his parents didn’t want to sacrifice the cocoon of family at such a tender age.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2023
• By the tender age of 31, Harry was completely spiraling, likening himself to his father.
  — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2023
• Angela Lansbury was recently taken from us (far too soon at the tender age of 96), but as a result of her passing, all sorts of great stories about the beloved acting legend are resurfacing.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024