youngster

Example Sentences

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That youngster had not traveled before getting infected.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

He adds that Antonelli’s maturity stood out even as a youngster in that he was able to deal well with difficulties on and off the track.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

The artist's lawyers last week denied their client had killed the youngster.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

Noa-Rose's parents remember vividly holding the "lifeless" youngster in their arms, and the look of fright in the doctor's eyes.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

A fragment of memory returned—recollection of myself as a youngster reading Lillian Smith’s Strange Fruit, her description of the Negro boy stopping along a lonely path to urinate.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin