young

Example Sentences

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"Doctors have basically said now there's nothing else we can do because I'm so young, they can't do any more surgery," the McDonald's shift manager told the BBC.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Airstrikes have hit two bridges and a train station in Iran, and Iranian officials urged young people to form human chains to protect power plants.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

A young British woman has died while visiting Vietnam, reportedly in a road accident.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

No doubt older generations understood the evil of the Nazis, but young people don’t lack access to historical facts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

There were not many Hollanders in the ward who would be able to read the Dutch text, but at last I slipped it around the neck of a grateful young woman from Utrecht.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom