babyhood

Example Sentences

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But at 3, my son still wears diapers and has the soft cheeks of babyhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025

I wasn’t after infants who are incidental to the plot; I wanted babies whose babyhood was essential to the story.

From New York Times • May 11, 2024

When children first come to school, they step out of the private world of babyhood and family.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2023

Then there are her hands, which Rett syndrome has characteristically made her wring daily since babyhood.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2021

Perhaps he preferred that anyway, she thought; she must seem a little prattling cub, only just past babyhood, in the eyes of an armored bear.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman