tend to

1. Apply one's attention, as in We should tend to our business, which is to teach youngsters . This term uses tend in the sense of “attend.” [1300s]

2. Be disposed or inclined, as in We tend to believe whatever we are told . This term uses tend in the sense of “have a tendency.” [c. 1600]

Example Sentences

ObamaCare plans tend to be skimpier, with narrower provider networks than those most government retirees enjoy.

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Our baseball friends tend to lather on the syrupy superlatives about their preferred pastime—I’ll stick to aggravating alliteration—but it’s hard to argue that a World Series Game 7 isn’t one of the most riveting stages in sports.

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And general relativity presents a four-dimensional continuum that bends and curves -- we tend to imagine that continuum of the events as really existing.

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Because women tend to live longer than men, they usually have more years of retirement to plan for.

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“Our elected officials are letting us down because we vote and put these people in office, and they tend to get a personal vendetta going with each other and forget about the main thing, which is the people.”

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