tender age

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

Example Sentences

“Her adulthood started a little bit early when she became my mom at the tender age of 17,” he wrote at the time.

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He did not think of himself as a precocious intellect but he took up a scholarship at the University of Chicago at the tender age of 15.

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Entering parliament at the tender age of 30, he became leader of the D66 just a year later, the youngest ever to hold the post.

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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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