tender (young) age

noun

: a very young age
He was playing the piano at a tender age.

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At the tender age of 7, Wie West needed to start wearing glasses, and her vision has been a challenge ever since. — Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025 In a sport filled with teenage sensations winning golds, Goins puts his name on a trophy at the tender age of 17. — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025 My great-grandfather made the solo voyage from his hometown of Tromsø, Norway, to the U.S. in 1901 at the tender age of 15. — Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2025 Viral TikTok turns 'mission impossible' to heartfelt reunion At the tender age of 6, Cordaro Cummings had already thought of ending his own life. — Laura L. Davis, The Tennessean, 1 Aug. 2025 Sly Stone, beloved patriarch of Sly & The Family Stone, had died at the tender age of 82. — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 9 June 2025 This is a man who traveled the world by himself as a teenager and was elected to the Texas House of Representatives at the tender age of 23. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 May 2025 The Industrial Revolution yielded accounts of children working 16-hour days and accorded no special protection because of their tender age and emotional vulnerability. — Anna Mae Duane, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2025

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