child

Example Sentences

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But something changed for Usha, and not long after we buried my friend, she became pregnant with our fourth child, a boy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

But she has few memories of Saratoga as a child; the family moved to Florida when she was 9 and she lived there until she was 19.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

The P/E ratio would have to rise above 90 over the next 18 years, and to about 2,000 by the time a newborn child today would expect to retire, in 67 years’ time.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Those successfully returned home by Equatorial Guinea include "a former child slave turned anti-slavery advocate" who is now living in hiding, according to the lawyers' statement.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

None but a child taken at an early age would have ever attained the proficiency and wrought such widespread evil as I have.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock