children

Example Sentences

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Those whose children are on multiyear waiting lists for the next available opening may end up moving away, or never arriving in the first place.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Younger students played and ran around, while older children blew on whistles between chants.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

She told police she had learnt how to wrap and swaddle babies on the job, and had had no formal training in how to put children down to sleep.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Many are expanding but still lack even enough desks for all the children of recently relocated executives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

These children, this mother and father, might be ordered to the back of a truck.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom