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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
• Raven-Symoné is grappling with the loss of her younger brother, Blaize Pearman, who died at the tender age of 31 due to his two-year battle with colon cancer.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 12 Dec. 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
• Teammate Parker Fox, in his sixth year of college basketball, marvels at what Christie can do at the tender age of 18.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2024
• 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.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 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.
  — Claire Messud, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 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
• First up is the Serenade that composer Richard Strauss produced at the tender age of 17, inspired by his father’s horn playing.
  — Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
• 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
• Williams English's daughter might have been the youngest person to technically ever appear in the swimsuit issue while her mom was pregnant, but she was also shot for the magazine at the tender age of six weeks old.
  — Mark Gray, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2023
• 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: 4 Nov 2024