How to Use infancy in a Sentence

infancy

noun

• She has been a member of the church since its infancy.
• She was often sick during her infancy.
• Nationally, the age when people face the highest risk of a shelter stay is infancy.
  — New York Times, 2 Feb. 2022
• There’s a lot to think about from diapers and baby food during infancy, to dance classes and flute lessons during their teen years, costs quickly add up.
  — Larry Light, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
• The business was in its infancy when Malleville and Bonato were first a couple.
  — Jay Cheshes, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022
• The company's vision includes the building of virtual worlds known as the metaverse, which is still in its infancy.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 4 Feb. 2022
• The investments are notable because both companies are in their infancy.
  — Matt Wirz, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2022
• Although the program is still in its infancy, the Bureau has already seen positive returns.
  — Jamie Lang, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
• The fledgling nation was riddled with debt, the Constitution was weak and the judicial system was in its infancy.
  — Major Garrett, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024
• The metaverse, or artificial reality, has been an obvious next step even when computing was still in its infancy.
  — Sergei Anikin, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
• Los Angeles had oil wells pumping in its neighborhoods when Hollywood was in its infancy, and thousands of active wells still dot the city.
  — Bhavna Shamasunder, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2022
• Children with preexisting heart problems—such as those who have had heart surgery in infancy or early childhood—can also experience heart failure.
  — Beth Krietsch, SELF, 14 Feb. 2022
• The idea, however, is still in its infancy, and actually coming to fruition would require a dizzying route through public approval and bureaucratic red tape.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2022
• But back in the mid-1970s, the program was in its infancy.
  — Longreads, 8 Mar. 2023
• The day has grown from its infancy, when awareness stretched to just a few cities.
  — Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 17 Feb. 2024
• In its infancy there were few things that worked very well and none of those felt genuine to me.
  — TIME, 13 Oct. 2023
• The death in infancy of his twin sister, Jane, and the reenactment of it over and over again.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 June 2022
• When her case first hit the docket, #MeToo was in its infancy.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024
• In the infancy of the MCU, the Hulk was expected to be a major player.
  — David Betancourt, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022
• That study is in its infancy, but the Eubanks and Krause are on the front lines, and every day brings new lessons.
  — Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 1 June 2022
• The infancy of the Ethiopian market is a double-edged sword.
  — Hawi Dadhi, Quartz, 8 June 2022
• When the Covid-19 crisis was still in its infancy, one governor looked around and saw the hellscape that was on the horizon.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Oct. 2022
• All the couple’s children died in infancy, and the crown passed to William’s niece Queen Victoria.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 31 July 2023
• Over-the-ear headphones can be used on people of all ages, starting in infancy.
  — Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 26 July 2023
• Shark Week first entered the cable TV ocean in the summer of 1988 when cable was still in its infancy.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 21 July 2023
• All of these men are pushing 50 and were reared during hip-hop’s infancy.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2022
• The risk of death is the point The technology needed to reach the Earth’s deepest nooks and crannies is still in its infancy.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 18 June 2024
• Some, still in their infancy, weren’t quite up on their legs when the crisis upended them.
  — Mara Severin, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Dec. 2022
• Mir is still in its infancy and may never evolve into much.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 28 Feb. 2022
• Back in those Cold War days, China’s Olympic program was still in its infancy.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Dec 2024