tender age

1. A young age, as in It's a great advantage to learn languages at a tender age. [Early 1300s]

Example Sentences

The decision was made to turn pro at the tender age of 18 and in May, she was signed by Matchroom.

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“Sundays were always my favorite day because I knew that we’d all be together,” says Matlin, who became the first deaf actor to win an Oscar in 1987 at the tender age of 21.

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Open at the tender age of 20 over Harry Vardon, a British golf titan credited with inventing the modern grip and swing.

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In 1980, at the relatively tender age of 24, David Sheff landed a journalistic coup in the form of a multipart interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

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At the tender age of 6, long before I saw Hackman in his more serious, nuanced roles, his iconic turn as Lex Luthor in Richard Donner’s “Superman” hit me like a superpowered punch.

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