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
Reed says he threw a tee towards McIlroy because "if you're going to act like an immature little child then you might as well be treated like one".
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2023
“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
He held the little child against his chest and self-consciously kissed her forehead.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
