Examples of 'tend' in a sentence

Meaning of "tend"

Tend is a verb that means to regularly or frequently behave in a particular way or have a certain characteristic
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  • 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.
  • To look after (e.g. an ill person.)

How to use "tend" in a sentence

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Males tend to be more urbanized than females.
Majoritarian systems tend to favour two parties.
Men tend to shoot themselves in the head.
You know how we tend to overthink things.
We tend to stick with our own species.
And passionate people tend to overreact at time.
I tend to notice little things like that.
Overwintering areas tend to be in deeper warmer waters.
We tend to take ourselves a bit too seriously.
These episodes tend to recur over time.
We tend to pay most of our bills in cash.
As communication we tend to have with a third party.
I tend to get dehydrated from time to time.
Talking boards tend not to hold up in court.
I tend to speed up towards the middle of paragraphs.

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Such inequalities tend to persist across generations.
I tend to feel more comfortable when they are.
The younger generations tend to be highly educated.
Others tend to create a concentration of financial power.
These side effects tend to disappear quickly.
You tend to make decisions very quickly.
Meetings in underwear tend not to be taken seriously.
Men tend to prattle on when they drink.
Windows of opportunity tend to slam shut quickly.
They tend to jump off too quick.
He and his mother tend a flock of sheep.
You tend to take care of yourself at work.
You can not tend sheep anymore.
I tend to point a lot and make fists.
Consumers of technology tend to support technology investments.
I tend to live too much in the future.
The negotiations tend to operate in three waves.
When the behaviour or symptoms tend to occur.
These things tend to happen in a war zone.
Those who are eager to excel tend to go there.
Big cats tend to kill at the neck.
In this context the problems tend to accumulate.
God bids me tend it with good husbandry.
Most negative impacts of shipping tend to be localized.
People also tend to write in the sand.
And the things we do on purpose we tend to repeat.
Older people tend to get up really early.
I will send someone upstairs to tend to him.
Such practices tend to expand welfare beneficiaries.
Your lab will have to tend to itself.
Women do tend to move on quicker than men.
I have other things to tend to besides you.
They tend to make good sound bites.
And someone has to tend to his secretary.
I will tend to everything that needs tending to.

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