Sentences with phrase «at the tender age of»

But it was her turn as the tough - talking princess who defies the Evil Empire in «Star Wars» two years later that rocketed her into fame and turned her into a feminist icon at the tender age of 19.

As TechCrunch reports, at the tender age of 15, Josh Buckley sold his first company for six figures.

In keeping with McArdle family tradition, I was duly dispatched at the tender age of 8 by my stoic father and weeping mother to a British boarding school, there to learn independence and gentlemanly conduct in a setting unchanged since the glory days of the Empire.

Gary Martin: This Irish early entrepreneur began running his own nightclub at the tender age of 15 (the drinking ages in the U.K. are vastly lower than in the U.S.).

The tech entrepreneur Clara Shih, who founded the successful social - media company Hearsay Social in 2010 and joined the board of Starbucks at the tender age of 29, is one of the few female CEOs in the still - macho world of Silicon Valley.

Clement's successor and theological superior at Alexandria was Origen, who began teaching at the tender age of eighteen when his tutor had to flee to avoid the latest round of persecutions.

At the tender age of 16 the maxim struck me forcefully, for I had already observed how often I accomplished little when I acted quickly.

Even at the tender age of eight, I knew I wanted to cook when I grow up.

I'm game to try making this recipe with whole wheat flour and reporting on my results, but I'm truly (at the tender age of 50 - something) a «baby» baker just taking my first steps, especially where baking bread is concerned.

But with my health in jeopardy at the tender age of 19 and having to make new dietary choices, I took the plunge and sadly removed coffee from my life.

Not one for doing things in halves, Mum, at the tender age of about 10 took out the town baking competition.

At the tender age of 21, Stones is already a superstar defender for England and Everton, and already has multi-million pound offers on the table from Chelsea.

When Jack Wilshere burst into the Arsenal first team at the tender age of 16, he followed Theo Walcott by being hailed as the «Future of England» with his bulldog attitude and limitless confidence but, like Walcott, his development has been severely hampered by injuries.

There have been numerous Arsenal transfer rumours regarding a possible return to Southampton of their ex-starlet Theo Walcott, who moved from the South Coast to the Emirates at the tender age of 16 with great expectations on his young shoulders.

By winning the women's title at the tender age of 16, she is now the youngest champion — male or female — in the history of the U.S. Open.

When you consider the dazzling arc of his career, it's no surprise that LeBron James, at the tender age of 20, is being measured against the greatest players in the NBA

, stood up at the tender age of 9, and watched the puck land in the centre circle — everyone knew it was in as soon as he let it go.

Koman made his debut for the French champions two years ago at the tender age of 16, and since then he has been voted the club's young player of the year for the last two seasons.

Harrah was picked up by the Senators after one year in the Phils» organization, and in 1971 he jumped from Class AA to the majors, becoming Washington's starting shortstop at the tender age of 22.

At the tender age of 20 and with a massive 6» 5 ″ frame, Sule has the potential to develop into a star — and he may be exactly the kind of player Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp wants to bring to his side next season.

He started at his first club, Stromsgodset, in 2012 at the tender age of 13 and progressed through the ranks, making the first team at 15.

Poor Jack Wilshere was cast as a superstar of the future when he broke into Arsenal's first team at the tender age of 16, and finally became a first - team regular at 18 years of age and made a massive 49 appearances on the 2010/11 season.

He may only be 22 now, but he arrived along with Jon Toral in 2011 at the tender age of 16, and he has revealed that he found the training sessions hard at the beginning.

The Spaniard has already made 94 appearances for Athletic, at the tender age of 22 - years - old, that is quite impressive.

For example, Andres Iniesta is from Alabcete and he joined La Masia at the tender age of twelve.

The move brings Irving — a bonafide offensive superstar, NBA champion, four - time all - star and Olympic gold medalist — to Boston at the tender age of 25 years old.

At the tender age of 15 he put his arm around me and helped me during my transition with the first team.

Since making his League debut for the Gunners at the tender age of 18 he has never managed to stay fit for a full season, and last years tally of 24 League starts is the best he has achieved in the intervening 6 years at the club, but he has always shown great promise when fit enough to play.

Marquez became the youngest ever rider to win four premier class MotoGP world titles and it was his third at the tender age of just 23.

The young Belgian has been under the watchful eye of many big clubs across Europe in recent seasons, having broken into the Anderlecht first - team at the tender age of 16.

The Pole managed to break in to the first team at Legia at the tender age of 16, and has impressed enough since to interest the Gunners.

He has received such rave reviews that it may have gone to his head, as he now feels certain that he is ready to break into the Arsenal first team at the tender age of 18, and many watchers may well agree with him.

He is an Croatian international, and in their squad for last World Cup — He did not play much as Croatia has strong central midfielders with Modric (Real Madrid) and Rakitic (Barcelona) but it shows how good he is at the tender age of 21.

Croatian international at the tender age of 21, maybe the best we can get during the winter transfer windows.

Seems that not only is ancient footballer Teddy Sheringham still alive and kicking as a Premiership striker at West Ham, but the former Manchester United and Tottenham player is even drubbing up a bit of transfer interest at the tender age of 41.

Vincent Chileshe was crowned Zambian Player of the Year in 1977 at the tender age of 20, the first goalkeeper to achieve that feat.

Simpson also finally got the international recognition he deserved and finally made his debut against England at the tender age of 36 as Scotland beat the reigning World Champions 3 - 2 at Wembley.

He earned his first international cap at the tender age of twenty and kept a clean sheet as East Germany beat Sweden 1 - 0 and would go on to play 94 times for his country in an international career spanning fourteen years, keeping another clean sheet in his last appearance at the age of 34 against Cuba.

Last year, the Odegaard hypetrain was so powerful that game director Miles Jacobsen actually ended up seeking special dispensation from the youngster's father, so that he could be put into the game at the tender age of 15.

Having made his debut against Independiente at 19, he would go on to play over 500 games for the club and was still first choice goalkeeper in 1968 at the tender age of 42.

The Sassuolo forward is widely regarded as one of Italian football's most exciting prospects, having already amassed 44 goals in 111 appearances at the tender age of 21 — including 33 strikes from his two - and - a-quarter campaigns in Serie A.

Born Gilmar dos Santos Neves on August 22 1930 in Santos - he was apparently named after his parents, Gilberto and Maria - his talent between the sticks was obvious from an early age with the Jabaquara club in his home city of Santos, where he made his debut at the tender age of 15.

Something of a precocious talent, he made his debut at the tender age of 17 before winning the first of 77 caps two years later in a friendly against the Soviet Union.

At the tender age of 17, there's no doubting that Kean needs to play and continue what seems like his high - speed development.

At the tender age of 16, Genoa striker Pietro Pellegri most certainly qualifies to be included in a group of young Italian talents.

To cap that, we had oodles of Tyros, young wannabees playing at the tender ages of 17 to 20, many of whom like Reiss Nelson and Joe Willock and Nketiah and Maitland - Niles were making a good fist of their chances to impress the manager — but frankly for all their skill, energy and enthusiasm have not got Chas» cats» chances in hell of playing in anything but cup games next season.

Manchester United fans within the Transfer Tavern are starting to come to terms with the fact that Antonio Valencia is at the tender age of 33 and cou...

Of course, much could go wrong between now and then — just as it did for Asenjo, but what is clear at the moment that even at the tender age of 21, Courtois has come a world - class player.

He has already appeared, on numerous occasions, at a level above the Premier League — becoming the youngest player to captain a side in the Champions League when passed the armband by Porto in October 2015 at the tender age of 18 years and 221 days.

The lad already has 12 caps for Colombia at the tender age of 21.