On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Tending. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as apt or disposed and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Tending in a sentence
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Tending meaning
present participle and gerund of tend
Using Tending
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of tend
- Useful related words include: apt, disposed, given, minded.
- In the example corpus, tending often appears in combinations such as: tending to, and tending, tending the.
Context around Tending
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tending
- In this selection, "tending" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, duties, grandchildren, teams, south, southeasterly and cattle stand out and add context to how "tending" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a hillbilly tending a copper and allegedly not tending to the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tending" sits close to words such as ascension, booze and bosnia, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tending
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Shepard spent much time laying down cover, and tending to his own mythology. (13 words)
Tending to a garden can give us a real sense of accomplishment and purpose. (14 words)
As the name suggests, tasks the player with building and tending to their own graveyard. (15 words)
She became increasingly concerned about his behaviour after realising he was abusing his position to ask fellow employees to “spy” on her, and in January 2021, he was caught parked at lay-by by the stables where she was tending her horse. (42 words)
The history of the product of corn distilled into powerful liquor is long and colorful and goes back beyond society’s image of a hillbilly tending a copper still in a thick stand of trees. (35 words)
Once he begins using the kitchen, some of Ryoma’s duties include chopping vegetables, tending fires, pouring oil, and frying fish while timing his movements perfectly to enhance the dish’s flavor. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h tending south to southwesterly during the day then tending southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the evening.
As the name suggests, tasks the player with building and tending to their own graveyard.
As the wife of a farmer, Marylin was a full-time homemaker, helping with farm duties, tending to her gardens, and caring for her family.
But before tending to her, offers an opportunity for gamers to take her mysterious artefact.
Every day that I ride or walk with children and grandchildren tending cattle and horses I think about what their children will be doing.
Israeli rescue teams tending to a man in a building that received a direct hit in Ashkelon.
Jason Reitman may be a critically-acclaimed filmmaker who has spent the last few years tending to his father's legacy by making new movies.
Lawyers also highlighted regional variations in how divorces are settled, with London courts tending to award more generously.
Ms. Romero spent more time tending to the machines and less time chatting with customers, a change that she found reduced her tips by about 30 percent.
Officers seized a motor vehicle and items of evidence tending to connect this suspect Romero to the murder of Lizbeth Medina.
Once he begins using the kitchen, some of Ryoma’s duties include chopping vegetables, tending fires, pouring oil, and frying fish while timing his movements perfectly to enhance the dish’s flavor.
She became increasingly concerned about his behaviour after realising he was abusing his position to ask fellow employees to “spy” on her, and in January 2021, he was caught parked at lay-by by the stables where she was tending her horse.
Shepard spent much time laying down cover, and tending to his own mythology.
She particularly loved travelling to the warmer climates with family and friends and tending to her garden in the summer.
She planned to water her colorful garden, a lemon tree and her dragon fruit while also tending to her chickens.
Tending to a garden can give us a real sense of accomplishment and purpose.
Tending to his camels in Petra, Jordan's spectacular archaeological marvel hidden deep in a desert canyon, Hussein Bdoul is all smiles: the tourists are back.
The force of water washed away years of work tending to plants and flowers while depositing mounds of mud, rocks and branches.
The history of the product of corn distilled into powerful liquor is long and colorful and goes back beyond society’s image of a hillbilly tending a copper still in a thick stand of trees.
The journalist also called out Tory's attorney Jose Baez, who was seen out in Italy and allegedly not tending to the rapper's case.
Common combinations with tending
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- tending to 140×
- and tending 19×
- tending the 9×
- is tending 8×
- while tending 7×
- tending her 6×
- time tending 5×
- in tending 5×
- tending his 5×
- years tending 4×