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Example sentences for "tenderfeet"

Lexicographically close words:
tendent; tender; tendered; tenderer; tenderest; tenderfoot; tenderfoots; tenderhearted; tendering; tenderloin
  1. Tally removed these, and with a bow presented them to the Captain,--an honor shown all Tenderfeet in the Rockies, if a rattler is encountered by the natives.

  2. Had the storm known that a crowd of tenderfeet were in the ranch wagon it could scarcely have produced a greater spectacle.

  3. They'll be froze in now, and tenderfeet always has grub.

  4. Here was a man who had made a fortune in one short autumn, for with the customary ignorance of tenderfeet they perceived no distinction between a mining claim and a mine.

  5. Then, too, experienced oil men and the large companies who had seen town-site booms in other states, kept away, surrendering the place to tenderfeet and to promoters.

  6. There appeared to be no limit to the size of this deposit, and now the old-line operators who had shunned the town-site boom bid feverishly against the promoters and the tenderfeet for acreage.

  7. There both men dismounted behind their steeds, took off the bridles with spade bits that their horses might drink, and regarded us tenderfeet with some respect and concern.

  8. As soon as breakfast was over both tenderfeet were trying their luck at panning gold.

  9. We were tenderfeet from the East and therefore rather suspicious of the surroundings, there being no lock on the lower door.

  10. It would be taking too great an advantage over the tenderfeet scouts, who had everything to learn as yet.

  11. I guess that's going some for a new organization of tenderfeet scouts, eh?

  12. They were, after all, out for sport; and it would have been an unwise move on his part to have sickened the tenderfeet scouts before they had had a fair chance to get hardened to it.

  13. He had actually watched the pair of tenderfeet only too gladly clamber aboard the wagon that bore the tents, food, extra clothing, and cooking outfit for the camp.

  14. Well, you know my opinions regardin’ tenderfeet in general, don’t you, Gimp?

  15. Though as for them tenderfeet stoppin’ ’em, I wouldn’t give that!

  16. If these tenderfeet are lost I s’pose it’s our duty to set ’em on the right trail.

  17. I can’t be bothered with a bunch of tenderfeet around.

  18. They’re nothin’ but boys, and tenderfeet at that!

  19. Bud will sure think we're tenderfeet for fair!

  20. And now it's time for you tenderfeet to turn in," said Mrs. Merkel to Nort and Dick.

  21. The recent tenderfeet knew, without being told, what was meant.

  22. Babe, who felt his responsibility at taking two tenderfeet on the trail at night.

  23. You see we tenderfeet don't count for much out on a ranch--that is, yet.

  24. I was just showing these tenderfeet how to throw a rope, pronto,--when up you sprout, and get the benefit of it.

  25. You'll not be tenderfeet when you finish this trip.

  26. All tenderfeet first try dry leaves and dry grass to start their fires.

  27. This is a man's land, and we don't want any tenderfeet here.

  28. We don't know how the tenderfeet in the valley are going to act--there isn't the same feeling about blood-feuds that there used to be.

  29. Well, the other tenderfeet are planted, and I'm the only one that's got any kick left.

  30. I was sent out here 'long with a lot more tenderfeet to plant beans for our own support, and to spread the gospel for the glory of America.

  31. I reckon the tenderfeet will get enough of it before they get to the Canyon," chuckled the guide.

  32. It is doubtful if the reports can be heard above, and even then I am doubtful about any of the tenderfeet understanding what the shots mean.

  33. Lucky for Charlie, t'other chap didn't die; but Charlie never went back, and now he has the most remarkable aversion for all tenderfeet of any man I ever saw.

  34. So they think tenderfeet can't ride anything!

  35. You did better than most of the other tenderfeet who come up here,” said Earl.

  36. Such occurrences are not confined to tenderfeet alone, for some men with years of hunting and camping experience have been guilty of the same neglect.

  37. Most tenderfeet coming up here for a vacation find it rather hard work and soon tire out, but you will be a help as long as you last.

  38. It seemed that there were no end to the things that the oldtimers in the Northwest woods knew and the tenderfeet from San Francisco had to learn.

  39. It was a pitiful review that lined up to greet the tide of tenderfeet crowding towards their El Dorado, and unusual also, for as yet the sight of new faces was strange in the North.

  40. They say there are thousands of tenderfeet up there, and more coming in every day.

  41. Can't you two tenderfeet mind your own business?

  42. I wonder why it is," mocked Tom, grinning, "that nine out of every ten dude tenderfeet from the east come west with one of these things.

  43. I'll get bounced out of mess on account of two pasty-faced tenderfeet like those boys, will I?

  44. Say, are you two tenderfeet trying to git fresh with me?

  45. And you're lettin' this handful of tenderfeet buffalo you!

  46. I reckon you wouldn't call 'em tenderfeet if you met up with 'em, Bully.

  47. Yes, he was very improper, as much so as most men, only it had happened to be in a way that was shocking to tenderfeet lucky enough to have families and homes as safeguards against evil.

  48. It proved what I had not perceived--that you two young Englishmen, tenderfeet both of you, had realised what you were doing, had seriously faced the responsibility of resurrecting the dead.

  49. When he punched cattle on our range he was known as "Kingdom Come" Brown, because, even in those days, it was plain to tenderfeet that physically and intellectually D.

  50. You may have had good reasons for regarding tenderfeet with contempt, but now you will know all tenderfeet are not alike.

  51. It is said that there are 6,000 people here, stayers, and then there is a fluctuating horde of comers and goers, tenderfeet many of them.


  52. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tenderfeet" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.