How to Use youth in a Sentence

youth

noun

• She had a troubled youth.
• He got into a lot of trouble in his youth.
• He spent his youth in the Midwest.
• Four youths are suspected of starting the fire.
• Of course, the fountain of youth is an age-old dream for our species too.
  — Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Jan. 2023
• But his church asked him to be their part-time youth pastor.
  — Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2023
• Kian Tanner, one of the 16 youth plaintiffs in the lawsuit, said in a statement.
  — WIRED, 19 Aug. 2023
• Spencer is a cis, straight white guy, and he’s been my closest friend since our youth.
  — Kelsey Smoot, refinery29.com, 8 Jan. 2023
• Most of the stays are short, but some youth stay a year or more while their cases work through the court system.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 7 May 2024
• Forty-one youths have been shot and survived this year in Kansas City.
  — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2024
• The track, which goes into the mind of a homicidal youth named Robert, is the group’s most successful song to date.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 29 Nov. 2023
• This law gives police a new tool to help bring home missing Black youth & Black women!
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• That’s when the memory of a Dead show from his youth came flashing back as though drug-induced.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 31 July 2024
• Milwaukee, like much of the nation, has seen an uptick in youth being harmed by guns since 2020.
  — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 21 May 2024
• Savoy Brown wasn’t dreaming about starring in horror films in her youth.
  — Samuel Maude, ELLE, 25 Apr. 2023
• There’s also the wrinkle of youth for the Diamondbacks.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
• Two youths were in custody Wednesday and a third was being sought in the incident.
  — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2024
• But the optimism of youth withstood the grinding wheels of Congress.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2023
• Fouls were a problem, even though in the estimation of Ike, her youth coach, and Raegan.
  — oregonlive, 25 Jan. 2023
• By the end of September, 19 juveniles had been killed in the city, which was more than the total number of youths killed the year before.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2023
• As a youth, Mr. Banyai showed promise as both a classical pianist and an artist.
  — Alex Williams, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2023
• This is the workplace that our youth is inheriting from us.
  — Deepali Vyas, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
• Henry has completely moved on, and is married, and that is a relic of his youth.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2023
• Over 10% of youth have severe depression that impacts their school and home lives.
  — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 29 Mar. 2023
• The boys know that there is value in their youth, and that their turn as findom masters might not last forever.
  — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2023
• Tell me, what does youth advocacy or youth activism look like for a 12-year-old?
  — Mará Rose Williams, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2024
• Her background and relative youth would make for a sharp contrast with Trump, 78.
  — Nathan Layne, Tim Reid, USA TODAY, 4 July 2024
• The actress has a history with Paris as her dad lived here in his youth, and declares it her favorite city in the entire world.
  — Rhonda Richford, WWD, 25 June 2024
• That anyone is straining this much when a fix exists is a testament to how powerful ageism and the pressure to project youth can be.
  — Charley Locke, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2024
• Matthew grew up in a musical family — his parents were both aspiring artists at one point, playing shows in downtown Nashville bars and in Printer’s Alley, while Matthew grew up playing drums in his church’s youth band.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Sep 2024