Definition: 1. To be likely to do sth or to happen in a particular way because this is what often or usually happens. 2. Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something. 3. Have care of or look after.
Use 'tend' in a sentence:
1. Viruses tend to be good at surviving when a computer system crashes.
2. I tend to work in bursts.
3. In April, interest rates in the money market tended to rise.
4. It tends to be hard at room temperature and comes from animals.
5. My car tends to overheat in the summer.
6. American participants might tend to see China's rise as a threat.
7. Accordingly, factories tend to dismiss workers in order to reduce costs.
8. Comics tend to perpetuate the myth that 'boys don't cry'.
9. People tend to think that the problem will never affect them.
10. Most people in this kind of job tend to work long hours.
11. Each age group tends to focus on printing one kind of material.
12. They are regarded as arrogant and boastful, tending to ignore others.
13. Television companies tend to censor bad language in feature films.
14. People tend to need less sleep as they get older.
15. Artistic and intellectual people tend toward left-wing views.
16. In the chaos, doctors rushed to tend to the countless injured.
17. Women tend to attribute their success to external causes such as luck.
18. More and more people tended to play games on their mobile phones.
19. Middle children tend to get lost in the shuffle.
20. "It tends to have the desired outcome," Hofmann said.
21. "People tend to move more these days," Jiang said.
22. His views tend towards the extreme.
23. People in love nowadays tend to be more independent from each other.
24. Moreover, a renewable energy project tends to require a huge investment.
25. Men tend to put on weight in middle age.
26. I tend to think that members of parliament by and large do a good job.
27. They tended to think Chinese leadership was too cautious, too conservative.
28. It tends to get very cold here in the winter.
29. In short, like how we tend to breath in our sleep.
30. A problem for manufacturers is that lighter cars tend to be noisy.
31. Ambulance crews were tending to the injured.
32. When I'm tired, I tend to make mistakes.
33. People of higher status tend more to use certain drugs.
34. It's a gap that tends to persist as the students age.
35. He tends the flower beds and evergreens that he has planted in the driveway.
36. Women tend to live longer than men.
37. Sports cars tend to hold their value well.
38. UK shareholders tend not to like CEOs stepping up to become chairmen.
39. We tend to meet up for lunch once a week.
40. Film director Gu Rong agrees that foreign actors tend to get pigeonholed.
41. Prices have tended downwards over recent years.
42. Individuals do not tend to see beyond their own life and work.
43. Sofia was in the bedroom tending to her son.
44. Morals tend to be deeply ingrained.
45. Hot waxing is more common because it tends to be more effective.
46. Women's bodies tend to have a higher proportion of fat to water.
47. US executives in China tend to be more vocal about this issue.
48. Children from certain backgrounds tend to be stereotyped by their teachers.
49. In our culture, girls are brought up to tend to the needs of others.
50. However, so far we tend to focus mainly on facility manufacturing.
51. The China team tends to listen more and express themselves more thoughtfully.
52. Galaxies tend to clump together in clusters.
53. US opinion leaders tend to overstate China's influence on the DPRK.
54. She hurried away to pour more coffee and tend to the grill.
55. I tend to have a different answer, depending on the family.
56. Successful companies tend to appoint a very strong leader at the top.
57. When we are under stress our bodies tend to tense up.
58. Government reports tend to make dry reading.
59. Some television programmes tend to patronize children.
60. We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.
61. Charles tends towards obesity.
62. In older age groups women predominate because men tend to die younger.
63. This tends to add a considerable amount of time to the procedure.
64. The Williams sisters' decibel levels tend to rise with important points.
65. We tend to be traditional rather than fashion-forward in our designs.
66. Many MBA degree holders interviewed by China Business Weekly tend to agree.
67. The drugs tend to cause drowsiness.
68. Ding has found that children tend to imitate his speech and actions.
69. For years he tended her in her painful illness.
70. Her novels tend to deal with affairs of the heart.
71. Artistic and intellectual people tend towards left-wing views.
