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

Kerry Ives told her trial that Ethan was a "a bubbly little child" and "chubby" when he arrived in their home, but that all changed over the next two months.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 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

With earnings of about $42,000 and little child support, she moved with four children to a house that consumed roughly two-thirds of her income.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2023

“It was wrong for a little child as it was. Too dark. This is better, don’t you think? What else do you think she might need in here?”

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman