How to Use youngster in a Sentence

youngster

noun
  • As a youngster, he was very shy.
  • De Alba was born in Merced in 1979 and worked in the fields as a youngster.
    Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The youngsters sulk, stomp and scamper, pull pranks and horse around.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • In 2016, the grandma-of-six hopped into a bounce house to play with the youngsters.
    Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The youngsters who look up to him will have to keep straining those necks.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Will the youngster get a chance over Tony Bradley as the third-string center?
    Jason Patt, Forbes, 19 July 2022
  • Maddox likes to note that this isn’t a band of youngsters.
    Lola Sherman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Aaron was even a member of a chess club in school as a youngster.
    Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The youngster also kissed her dad on the cheek in the second cute snap.
    Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2024
  • The youngster did well to high-point the ball and come down in bounds with possession.
    Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2022
  • The basis is the lack of ego of the veterans, which has allowed the youngsters to adapt well to the squad and the club.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • As the audience gushed, the youngster tried (and failed) to hold back tears.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 22 June 2022
  • Bright colors appeal to the youngsters and make the PFD easy to spot on the river.
    Ben Romans, Field & Stream, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Over the next five years, Larson often thought of the youngster.
    Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2023
  • The youngster, de la Torre, made his first start for the U.S. in just his fifth match for his country.
    Drake Hills, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2022
  • A decade ago, Jansen was the hard-throwing youngster thirsting for the role.
    Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Houck is 27 years old, no longer a youngster, and the Sox are still having to imagine.
    Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Druze elders and mourners surround the coffins of 10 of the 12 youngsters killed in the rocket strike.
    Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 29 July 2024
  • The youngster grimaced as the barber fastened the cape around his neck.
    Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 25 July 2022
  • Then, the prevailing youngster will advance to face off against the adults in the main contest.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The Cavs could use the pick, adding another youngster to a promising core.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 20 June 2022
  • Mitchell let the youngster know about it, encouraging him to hit his man first and then go for the board.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 20 Dec. 2022
  • You can get acquainted with some of the youngsters through the Zoo Babies blog.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Down in the dumps, Rain and Andy hang out with a ragtag group of fellow youngsters and devise a plot.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The youngster has mastered the art of yodeling, a talent that earned her a four-chair turn.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Robbie isn’t the first youngster in a tough spot to be befriended by Jones.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Hence the decision to welcome youngsters to eat, sleep and play there.
    Elisabetta Povoledo Alessandro Penso, New York Times, 13 May 2024
  • While walking this last stretch, I was often passed by a woman in a car, the seats full of youngsters.
    Werner Herzog, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
  • What to watch: Once considered an app mostly for youngsters, Snapchat is now growing up.
    Sara Fischer, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024
  • There’s also concern that the landscape — the primary classroom for nature schools — is becoming less safe for youngsters.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2024

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