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
I let her hold and soothe me like a little child, until I fell asleep.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
