The phrase "as tender of" is not commonly used in written English and may be considered awkward or unclear.
It could be used in contexts where one is describing a gentle or caring nature towards something or someone, but it may require additional context for clarity.
Example: "She was known as tender of heart, always caring for those in need."
Alternatives: "gentle towards" or "caring of".
My hopes for the Milanese that the collar of a pig would prove as tender as that of a fish were dashed by a too-thick, gristly piece of meat in an appealing-looking but undersalted shell of bread crumbs.
One, Steve, looked as tender as a slab of skirt steak.
The premise of the improvised storyline is undeniably abstruse - the star-crossed lovers are a confused cheerleader and her cello-playing paramour, who wears a wolf mask - but as tender as any lingering shot of Molly Ringwald's face.
Two small paintings of a curly-haired boy, spotted in the window of a Parisian antiques shop and newly identified as tender sketches of her four-year-old son by England's first female professional painter, have gone on display at Tate Britain, as part of its chronological rehang.
If the paintings can be seen as tender acts of cajolery, they were, one suspects, as much for Kippenberger himself as for anyone.
As tenders for construction of the 3-metre-high (10ft) wall opened yesterday, critics claimed the project was a form of "social apartheid", comparing it to Israel's security barrier.
Diagnostic tests: It was a good to exclude STDs, namely syphilis by serology as tender violaceous papules of palms and soles are important clinical feature of its secondary stage.
We don't often think of them as tender, caring parents; rather associating them with death and decay.
The shawarma here is a triptych of textures: shards of chicken rendered as crisp as bacon, tender lengths of thigh swollen with juice and almost airy wisps of meat that quickly dissolve into the chicken-flavored ether.
Dee's involvement in the civil rights movement began to be expressed in her work, as in her role in Jules Dassin's Uptight (1968) as the tender girlfriend of a moderate turned militant (Raymond St Jacques).
