young child

Example Sentences

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Cole is a 37-year-old tax economist with Ivy League degrees, a mortgage and a young child.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Cancer treatment is physically and mentally brutal, and we are navigating this difficult path with a very young child.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

Shaidorov said as a young child he was a reluctant skater, even though his father, Stanislav Shaidorov, was a former Kazakh national champion.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

As the scores came in, Naumov held up a picture of his late parents with him as a young child.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

He had sent Hippolytus away while still a young child to be brought up in the southern city where Theseus had spent his own youth.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton