little child
Example Sentences
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Confronted with his realistic, blinking, speaking face, she felt “scared … like a little child again.”
From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025
“Then you switch perspective and be this little child … and you see a big adult who tells you all of these things.”
From Salon • May 26, 2025
But stepping into this new venture, Rees-Zammit has compared his excitement for the challenge ahead to that of "a little child".
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2024
When Heather Ringo was a little child growing up in the Bay Area, she was connected to Nancy Frumkes through Big Brothers Big Sisters.
From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2022
Mina is now sleeping like a little child; it is a wonderful thing that her faculty of sleep remains to her in the midst of her terrible trouble.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
