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

Ms Hooper said Pugh was destined for the big screen: "It was quite extraordinary for somebody of her age - it wasn't like watching a little child on the stage."

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025

“It is like a little child holds a dying bird in his hand, and all he does is laugh. This is how we are treating Mother Earth.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2022

Ged had not saved a little child, though he had slain dragons.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin