kid
Example Sentences
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As a kid, she wanted to be a writer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
When you’re a kid, it arrives all at once: the last school bell, the first trip to the pool, the permission slip feeling of a completely unscheduled Tuesday.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
It erased that error I made in the outfield as a kid.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
The reporter’s ban was an absurd overreaction by a team that is apparently being run by a kid.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
Just like every other Academy kid, someone who had been entrusted to the Academy by my parents from birth, I’d grown up not owning much.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
