tender age

Idioms and Phrases

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

Example Sentences

Few, he felt, could understand the intense pressures of stardom at such a tender age.

From BBC

The actor revealed over the summer that she was expecting her fourth child at “the tender age of 54.”

From Los Angeles Times

At the tender age of 5, Mike Marino saw “The Elephant Man” for the first time and his life was forever changed.

From Los Angeles Times

"I don't want to smoke second-hand. I definitely don't want my children to smoke second-hand at a tender age."

From BBC

“At the tender age of 39,” as Simons put it for Forbes in 2017, he enrolled in drama school at the University of Washington, eventually embarking on a path to producing that would yield five Tony Award nominations and four wins.

From Los Angeles Times

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