The phrase "a tender subject" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a topic that is sensitive or emotionally charged, often requiring careful handling in conversation or writing.
Example: "Discussing her childhood can be a tender subject for her, so we should approach it with caution."
Alternatives: "a sensitive topic" or "a delicate matter".
Although he was cleared of any conflict, this sort of thing is a tender subject in Connecticut.
It is a tender subject for the Hellfighters' older generation, men like General Phillips, who can recall when white people started to join the regiment in numbers.
The extraordinary Mark Storor's new piece, created for Artangel, is called A Tender Subject, and is a twilight performance exploring life in UK prisons.
But frankly, women take enough crap, and dating is already a tender subject; we should be able to limit stress where we can.
Because that day would also be Columbus Day, they slid into a conversation about the Spanish explorers and conquistadors, a tender subject in schools filled with Latino and American Indian children.
Mother Nature: Natural Selection and the Female of the Species by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy Chatto, 697 pp., £20, 4 November 1999, 0 701 16625 8 Buy it at BOL Sarah Hrdy is tough-minded about a tender subject.
It's a beautiful, moving film about a very tender subject: artists who die young but leave us an extremely important part of themselves.
Colleen: Body image is such a tricky tender subject.
Relaxed and trim, Mr. Lithgow poured a cup of Earl Grey and tucked into a congenial chat about rage, guilt, manipulation and "Sweet Smell of Success," along the way tackling both the reviews and another tender subject -- comparisons between the 1957 movie version, a film noir cult favorite, and the musical.
When's the right time? "These are tender subjects," Ms. Goodman said.
Her mother kept diaries, but used stenographic shorthand when dealing with tender subjects, so Ms. Washington can only guess what was happening.
