tending

Example Sentences

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Barbara still teaches French via Zoom, and John is tending to her needs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

Car companies will often offer incentives to help their trade-in customers offset negative equity, with some brands tending to offer more because their cars depreciate faster.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

Until now, there have been no specific legal penalties for entering a football match without a ticket, with supporters that are caught doing so tending to be ejected without any further punishment.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

And that means tending to your kitchen in a way that supports you — not one that holds onto evidence of who you thought you might be.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Her nose filled with the aroma of good tea and excellent cake and her mother’s lavender-scented perfume, mixed with the pleasant burning-wood smell from the fire that her father was tending even now.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood