schoolchild

Example Sentences

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Any schoolchild knows who came up with the telephone or the sewing machine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Panka was a schoolchild when Mean Girls was first released in 2004, but the cult teen movie has become an enduring pop culture phenomenon.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

He remembers being instructed, as a schoolchild, to stand waving along the route of the royal motorcade.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2023

Recently James Robinson, a prominent televangelist, compared Trump to a "little elementary schoolchild."

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2022

What happened next has become part of historical legend, a tale told to every American schoolchild.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell