at the tender age

idiom

: when only (a specified young age)
He left home at the tender age of 18.

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Smith passed the Court of Master Sommeliers at the tender age of 27 and worked at NYC’s 21 Club, Aspen’s the Little Nell, and Chicago’s Charlie Trotter’s restaurant. Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025 Born in 2000, in Seoul, Kim embarked on her acting career at the tender age of nine. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025 British teenager Luke Littler made history Friday evening in London, becoming the youngest ever world darts champion at the tender age of 17. Caroline Frost, Deadline, 4 Jan. 2025 In 1933, at the tender age of 29, he was named chair of the Democratic City Committee of St. Louis. Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for at the tender age

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“At the tender age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20tender%20age. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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