child

Example Sentences

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Trent-Wilson discovered that when the parents of the child she carried defaulted on what she believed were their financial obligations, she was suddenly on her own.

From The Wall Street Journal

He has steadily increased the amount he sends to his wife and two children in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, "from $500 a month to more like $300 dollars a week," he says.

From BBC

"I was like a little old man. I used to speak like a grown-up. I wore three-piece suits and couldn't converse with other children," the 37-year-old says.

From BBC

In that time, he has become one of the biggest figures in children's literature – with his books selling eighteen million copies.

From BBC

Tragically, none of Ann’s four children lived more than a year past their birth, and the film recounts the close period between all four deaths with astonishing, unflinching honesty.

From Salon