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

Unlike kids in the United States, hunter-gatherer children in the Congo Basin have often learned how to hunt, identify edible plants and care for babies by the tender age of six or seven.

From Science Daily

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

Related Words

• minority
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