How do you use Tend in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like see or look, plus the exact meaning.
Tend in a sentence
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Tend meaning
- To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
- To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning.
- To contribute to or toward some outcome.
Using Tend
- The main meaning on this page is: To make a tender of; to offer or tender. | To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning. | To contribute to or toward some outcome.
- Useful related words include: take care, see, look, attend.
- In the example corpus, tend often appears in combinations such as: tend to, they tend, and tend.
Context around Tend
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 7 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tend
- In this selection, "tend" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, people, prisons and resolutions stand out and add context to how "tend" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include advisory firms tend to spend, and fish tend to provide, people tend and women tend. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tend" sits close to words such as corruption, fiscal and accept, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tend
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Another reason why New Year’s resolutions tend not to work is that people tend not to believe in themselves. (20 words)
Generally speaking, tend to dominate the market in terms of popularity but, like all Apple products, they tend to be expensive. (21 words)
Since sateen sheets tend to be on the heavier and warmer side, they’re ideal for folks who tend to sleep cold. (22 words)
Indian University people tend to publish more scholarly monographs, whereas the ASI and local or state departments of archaeology tend to bring out official reports on excavations etc., but they have also done tremendous investigative work. (36 words)
A new study shows women tend to perform better on certain skills when the temperature is a little warmer, making them more productive, while men tend to perform better when the temperature is a bit cooler. (36 words)
As with most revolutionists, Sanusi’s approaches to complex issues tend to be simplistic, and as the contradictions in his chosen options become obvious, the proffered solutions tend to appear contradictory or hastily taken. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Another reason why New Year’s resolutions tend not to work is that people tend not to believe in themselves.
Dr Vallance said: “I think hospices tend to be neglected because we’re reliable, we’re dependable, we’re high quality and we tend to be forgotten.
Generally speaking, tend to dominate the market in terms of popularity but, like all Apple products, they tend to be expensive.
Other independent advisory firms tend to spend a similar amount on employee costs while larger full-service investment banks tend to spend slightly less.
Whereas natural foods – such as fruit, vegetables, mean and fish – tend to provide energy in the form of carbohydrates or fat, foods which go through industrial processing tend to contain both.
It’s a Fire TV, so has many of the same interactive features as Amazon’s own TV (above), which younger viewers will tend to love and older viewers will tend not to.
Quite a few supermarkets and giants tend to close their doors completely on New Year's Day, while other tend to operate at reduced opening hours.
She said: “Many people still tend to have myths about older people and tend to make the environment not conducive for older persons to thrive.
Since sateen sheets tend to be on the heavier and warmer side, they’re ideal for folks who tend to sleep cold.
While many of the new capabilities tend to appear at the high end on remarkably expensive machines, the innovations do tend to flow down to less expensive models within a few years.
As with most revolutionists, Sanusi’s approaches to complex issues tend to be simplistic, and as the contradictions in his chosen options become obvious, the proffered solutions tend to appear contradictory or hastily taken.
But there’s a reason Democrats are often willing to compromise: Progressives tend to think that imperfect government policy is better than nothing, whereas right-wingers tend to prefer no government at all.
Indian University people tend to publish more scholarly monographs, whereas the ASI and local or state departments of archaeology tend to bring out official reports on excavations etc., but they have also done tremendous investigative work.
I think celebrity deaths tend to strike many Americans bigger than the average death because we tend to think they are invincible.
Wilichowski and Porter both said this can be used to gerrymander, since large prisons tend to be in rural areas while the people who fill those prisons tend to come from more urban areas.
A new study shows women tend to perform better on certain skills when the temperature is a little warmer, making them more productive, while men tend to perform better when the temperature is a bit cooler.
Big companies tend to try to insure or "hedge" against currency movements, but within a matter of a few months, those changes in price tend to feed through.
Educational tools, meanwhile, tend to only target one part of the population, usually the young – who tend to be better at spotting misleading content anyway.
Extroverts tend to be carefree, venturesome, action-oriented, charismatic and assertive and favor visual aids, but introverts tend to be quiet, determined, reflective, empathetic and make decisions for themselves.
However, it does seem that the kids who get credit for their creations tend to be white, while the kids who have their work appropriated tend to be black.
Phrases with tend
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with tend
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- tend to 252×
- they tend 22×
- and tend 13×
- we tend 9×
- will tend 9×
- that tend 9×
- tend not 6×
- people tend 6×
- who tend 5×
- which tend 4×