child

Example Sentences

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"There are so many people who have told me this child was bewitched. People magically tied his tongue so he could not speak," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Drone services are priced at 50 cents a square foot annually, which the company said often works out to around $8 per child a month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Those screenings are a good bellwether for whether a child is struggling to see in class, said Chung with Western University.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

When I was a child, my father warned me about answering the phone or the doorbell.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

When Leah was a child, her family lived in Rochester while the Erie Canal was first constructed.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock