Synonym: administer, attend, bend, care for, foster, help, incline, lean, look after, mind, nurse, serve, watch over. Similar words: tender, intend, extend, attend, distend, portend, contend, attend to. Meaning: [tend] v. 1. have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined 2. have care of or look after 3. manage or run.
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121. People tend to be very impressed if you can string together a couple of sentences in Japanese.
122. Most people in this kind of job tend to work long hours.
123. Girls tend to do better academically in single-sex schools than in co-educational ones.
124. Minority groups tend to internalize the values of the dominant society.
125. Schools in the north tend to be better equipped, while those in the south are relatively poor.
126. The elderly generally need far less rest than the young, and tend to sleep in several short stretches.
127. Asian women are more modest and shy, yet they tend to have an inner force.
128. They will tend to model their behaviour on the teacher's behaviour.
129. Cows tend to gather together at one end of a field when it is going to rain.
130. He'd got a way of his own and I tend to take after him.
131. I tend to binge on chocolate when I'm watching TV.
132. Diets that are high in saturated fat and cholesterol tend to clog up our arteries, thereby reducing the blood flow to our hearts and brains.
133. Her mother was ill and she had to tend to her.
134. Paper tablecloths need to be weighted down or they tend to blow away in the wind.
135. In our culture, girls are brought up to tend to the needs of others.
136. As women we tend to be self-effacing and make light of what we have achieved.
137. I think you tend to eat more in the winter.
138. In the dry season, the animals tend to concentrate in the areas where there is water.
139. She is very direct. I tend to be more diplomatic, I suppose.
140. The girls in a class tend to have a civilizing influence on the boys.
141. People tend to lose their inhibitions when they've drunk a lot of alcohol.
142. Obese people tend to have higher blood pressure than lean people.
143. The highs and lows of life tend to average out in the end.
144. Crisis situations tend to tilt the balance of power in favour of the president.
145. I tend to think that members of parliament by and large do a good job.
146. The trouble with many small houses is that they tend to be boxy.
147. If I'm just shopping for food[sentencedict.com], I tend to go to the local supermarket.
148. I tend to leave the windfalls for the birds to pick at.
149. The frames are made of plastic and they tend to break quite easily.
150. She's very clever but her manner does tend to put people off.