tender years

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Despite her tender years, Faye made a huge impact on the region's music community which came together in a unprecedented way to raise money for treatment in the States.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2023

“You’re not supposed to use the tender years doctrine anymore,” Boone said.

From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2023

“Inexplicably, Elves sometimes move and don’t move overnight. When those Elves do not move, it leaves our children of tender years in states of extreme emotional distress,” Leonard wrote in his order.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2021

For reasons beyond my ken, the Fab Four had eluded me throughout my tender years.

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2020

Once when she said this Wang Lung was curious and he asked her, “What was it in your tender years that made you thus fearful of men?”

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck