little child

Example Sentences

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Confronted with his realistic, blinking, speaking face, she felt “scared … like a little child again.”

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

“Then you switch perspective and be this little child … and you see a big adult who tells you all of these things.”

From Salon • May 26, 2025

"That, to me, is love at its utmost - knowing you can't look after someone as much as you'd like to so you dare to give up your little child."

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2023

“No little child should get tattooed,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2022

I let her hold and soothe me like a little child, until I fell asleep.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie