How to Use child in a Sentence

child

noun

• All of their children are grown now.
• She's pregnant with their first child.
• Men are such children sometimes.
• One big one: paying more money to sit next to their children on the plane.
  — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 18 Oct. 2024
• This marks their child’s third major public appearance.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 6 Mar. 2023
• Display items inside and on top to decorate your child's room with their handiwork.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Mar. 2023
• More importantly, the parents get to know if there is any activity on campus that could harm their child or not.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 1 Mar. 2023
• The infection is most commonly spread at schools, child care centers and hospitals.
  — Sam Tupper, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
• The three foster parents pleaded guilty last month to child endangerment and false imprisonment.
  — Izzy Alvarez, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2024
• Shahida’s friend, Sumiya Mushtaq, said the 29-year-old athlete often expressed her concern about her child’s health.
  — Fazal Tawab, ajc, 5 Mar. 2023
• Sometimes, parents add pureed beets to brownies, mash squash into macaroni and cheese, and fold black beans into burgers because children won’t eat them otherwise.
  — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2024
• This essay, by Pitchfork editor Jayson Greene, deals with a level of pain that most of us can’t comprehend: the sudden death of a child.
  — Rachel Wilkerson Miller, SELF, 28 Feb. 2023
• As a child, Torres loved Frida Kahlo—a strong woman, unflinching in her intimate portrayals of the human body.
  — Eleanor Cummins, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2023
• Your child just needs to be under the age of 13 to use it.
  — Kerri Anne Renzulli, wsj.com, 24 Dec. 2023
• At the top of 2022, Jeezy and Mae welcomed their first child.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2023
• No children played in parks: The swings and slides were too hot to sit on.
  — Emily Kask, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2023
• Imagine having a wife and child who have to go through the same thing.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2023
• The Carters have four children: three sons and one daughter.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 17 Nov. 2023
• As a child, a plague swept through the city, and his older brother, Jordie, died.
  — Town & Country, 18 Mar. 2023
• Many of them have children of their own and are thriving.
  — Alexis Waiss, The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2024
• There is no indication Quinn or their child was at the home at the time.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
• The two worked at the CIA for 28 years, raised two children and wrote books together.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
• In 2022, Diddy announced the birth of his seventh child, Love, with Dana Tran.
  — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2023
• The fire resulted in their and their five children’s deaths.
  — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2024
• While Harry and Edna rode back down to the Black side of town, the children were loaded into the trunk.
  — Imani Perry, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
• She is accused of doing the same to her fifth child, a boy born in November 2019.
  — Gawon Bae, CNN, 22 June 2023
• He was released on bail and ordered not to work with children.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
• One of the most moving scenes is their denial of this contract to their own children.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2023
• And [child’s name] is even luckier to have you for their mother.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 20 Mar. 2023
• The father of the three children allegedly found his children in the basement.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 25 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024