children

Example Sentences

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"We are starving. My older children died, so I need to work to feed my family. But I'm old, so no one wants to give me work," he says.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

The Staffords have four young children in Congo with them.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

This is the structural consequence of an economy that became extraordinarily productive at making goods but not at raising children or treating the sick.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Cooper said that he’s leaving the program to spend more time with his young children.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Each year the children had grown older, bolder, louder; but Clare had never thought they would trespass into his beloved Deadwood.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman