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• Do ghosts who left us at the tender age of 38 hobble around the stage like old men?
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2023
• Tito, Jackie, Jermaine and Marlon — in the group the Jackson 5 at the tender age of 6.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
• My first visit to a brewery came at the tender age of 3½ with my Grandfather Miguel.
  — Melissa Mora Hidalgo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
• Even at the tender age of five, Kasey-Jay is already dreaming of going to a place called Howard University.
  — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 10 July 2022
• From a young age, the Norwegian Roald Amundsen was an adventurer, taking to sea at the tender age of 15.
  — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 25 Aug. 2022
• Even before Deon Mullen had a license to drive a car, he was called upon to assume a leadership role in his church at the tender age of 16.
  — Scott Talley, Freep.com, 9 Apr. 2023
• The latter, a prodigious student at the Tübinger Stift, had been made a professor at Jena three years prior at the tender age of twenty-three.
  — Claire Messud, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022
• The latter, a prodigious student at the Tübinger Stift, had been made a professor at Jena three years prior at the tender age of twenty-three.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 2022
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began his musical training at the tender age of three.
  — Cindi May, Scientific American, 21 May 2021
• Hoffman and Streep are all-timers, but the kid (Justin Henry) is pretty damn good too, and earned himself an Oscar nomination at the tender age of eight.
  — Hilary Weaver, ELLE, 1 June 2022
• The result was Kingfish’s eponymous first album, which won blues awards, was nominated for a Grammy and established him at the tender age of 20 as the next big thing in the blues.
  — Carlo Rotella, Washington Post, 20 July 2022
• The news of his death eight years later at the tender age of 28 (by a stray bullet shot reportedly from someone within his camp after a dispute over a dice game) shook me to my core.
  — Taylyn Washington-Harmon, refinery29.com, 4 Nov. 2022
• Coached by his father in a backyard pool, Andrew turned pro at the tender age of 14 and has always approached training for his sport in an unorthodox manner.
  — Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 9 July 2021
• Hermine has been challenging herself as a baker since constructing her first solo savarin cake at the tender age of 8.
  — Andrea Park, Marie Claire, 1 Oct. 2020
• To help ease that pain, six years ago, at the tender age of 24, Charlie Javice launched her fintech, Frank, with the aim of making a degree affordable and accessible for all.
  — Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2023
• One of the newest employees at SpaceX has been described as a child prodigy who skipped elementary school and will graduate from college this week at the tender age of 14.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 15 June 2023
• One of the newest employees at SpaceX has been described as a child prodigy who skipped elementary school and will graduate from college this week at the tender age of 14.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 15 June 2023
• Days ago, Atlanta rapper Takeoff — who as a teen helped create Migos’ trendsetting triplet flow — was fatally shot at the tender age of 28.
  — Longreads, 4 Nov. 2022
• Bianca Muñiz, a singer, songwriter, and two-time cancer survivor, received her first diagnosis at the tender age of 11.
  — Kristin Booker, Allure, 14 Oct. 2020
• Angela Lansbury was recently taken from us (far too soon at the tender age of 96), but as a result of her passing, all sorts of great stories about the beloved acting legend are resurfacing.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2022
• After losing her own mother at the tender age of six, Long picked up spiritual healing by closely watching her mother’s mother practice the art.
  — Nafeesah Allen, House Beautiful, 30 Aug. 2021
• Living in London as a young single professional, she was called to be a stake (regional) Relief Society president at the tender age of 28.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 19 Aug 2024