How to Use as a child in a Sentence

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  • Being recognized as a child's legal custodian or guardian is costly and difficult, so having access to legal help can be extremely important.
    Kimanzi Constable, Parents, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The kind that Hsieh used to take for granted as a child.
    Tim Carman, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
  • And as a child of two worlds, there was so much to learn, and unlearn.
    Faith Karimi, CNN, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The name is a homage to nearby Red Oak, where Davis lived as a child.
    Edward M. Eveld, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
  • It’s revealed that Willie would rise at 4:30 AM and work in the fields as a child.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Slater lost his mother as a child and spoke about how that tragedy shaped him.
    Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 20 July 2023
  • What kinds of art forms were you introduced to as a child?
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Much of the early part of the book is centered around the abuse and trauma that Jones endured as a child.
    Anna Tingley, Variety, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The actress explained to Washington what the land meant to her as a child.
    Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024
  • With tears in her eyes, Becky sang the ballad while a video montage of her as a child played in the background.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The character made a brief appearance as a child in the 2019 film.
    Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Delavan lived in Zimbabwe as a child and moved to Boise in 1994.
    Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 11 May 2024
  • Brook-Lynne Clark spent a lot of time at her great grandmother’s house as a child.
    Michelle Aslam, Dallas News, 2 June 2023
  • The court has ordered that the boy's name not be revealed because he may still be tried as a child.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Rosalynn grew up in Plains, a town of only 700, and knew Jimmy as a child.
    Kevin Sullivan, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Not only had he been kept home from school as a child, he had not been exposed to books.
    Laura Kwerel, NPR, 15 Apr. 2024
  • But few of those adoring fans knew some of the challenges the midfielder faced as a child.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • Maybe, as a child, your parents took you to a fairground, and bought you vanilla ice cream.
    Kristen Lynch, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The snap featured Cori as a child, as well as her mother Shanté and aunt Sharelle Fuller.
    Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The singer took guitar lessons briefly as a child, then turned to self-tutoring with YouTube videos.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
  • Plus, Rojas laughed, his parents kept him busy pulling weeds as a child.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
  • When O’Connor was punished as a child and made to sleep outside in the garden shed, her mother would turn off all of the lights in the house.
    The New York Times Magazine, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Frances is married to Frank, a shy, polite man who was fostered as a child.
    Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • And why not make that book one whose cover traumatized you as a child?
    Vulture Staff, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Of course the writing was being done by me, who as a child, always saw them as being old and big.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Born in 1937 in Harlem, Williams began acting on Broadway as a child.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023
  • What makes someone look outside of what they’re being told as a child?
    Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Sep. 2023
  • She was brought to this country unauthorized as a child.
    Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
  • That’s the church Johnson attended as a child, along with the rest of his family.
    Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2024
  • What was the first story that captivated you as a child?
    Leila Jordan, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2024

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