How do you use the word "tend" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "tend" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "tend": I tend to look at the pictures before reading the text. We tend to welcome only proof of what we already know.

Tend Meaning

/ˈtɛnd/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo make a tender of; to offer or tender.

verbTo be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning.

Sentence Examples

I tend to look at the pictures before reading the text.

We tend to welcome only proof of what we already know.

Women tend to live longer than men.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

run lean incline

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The farmer will ____ to the crops every morning.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I ____ to pre-order my favorite books online because I like to have them as soon as they are released to the public today.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English *tenden, from Old French tendre (“to stretch, stretch out, hold forth, offer, tender”), from Latin tendere (“to stretch, stretch out, extend, spread out”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Difficult broken country extends almost to the coast between Swatow (Shant’ou) on the south and Hangchow on the north, and this succession of barriers has tended to cut off southeast coastal China from the main body of the country." — 1961, Rhoads Murphey, “The Middle Kingdom: Splendid Isolation”, in An Introduction to Geography (Rand McNally Geography Series), Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 418, column 1:

"The Lords in 1722 declared that annexing such Clauses tends to the destruction of this government. And yet there are such bills every session and you pass them." — 1812, William Cobbett, The Parliamentary History of England:

"There's not a sparrow or a wren, / There's not a blade of autumn grain, / Which the four seasons do not tend / And tides of life and increase lend." — 1847, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Threnody:

"Man selects only for his own good; Nature only for that of the being which she tends." — 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species (1859) :

"Was he not companion with the riotous knights / That tend upon my father?" — c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

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