youngster

Example Sentences

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Rai harboured hopes of becoming a Formula 1 driver as a youngster, but it was an idea which was quickly overtaken.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

He helped the future football star to read and write, and also encouraged the youngster to "believe in who he could be".

From BBC • May 12, 2026

That youngster had not traveled before getting infected.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

He was always an effective buy as a youngster on Championship Manager, too, though not quite as special as brother Haruna - a teenager with frightening potential from Barcelona B.

From BBC • May 5, 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