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.
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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 -
With his youth come some unique challenges for Mr. Frost.
— Stephanie Lai, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2022 -
Knox coached the youth football team that uses the park to practice and play games.
— Fox19, The Enquirer, 21 Oct. 2022 -
By the end of its first decade in business, the Palms’ youth hotspot status had begun to wane.
— Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024 -
Well, [Pete] Townshend tapped into the feeling of the youth at the time.
— Hannah Ewens, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2022 -
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 -
The way these boots and slippers had a grip on American youth...
— Meg Donohue, ELLE, 6 Sep. 2022 -
Forty-one youths have been shot and survived this year in Kansas City.
— Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2024 -
Once, Schureman went to watch Reynolds play a youth football game.
— Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2022 -
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 -
Many artists have studied and still live in Hangzhou, and there is a vibrant youth culture scene.
— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Oct. 2024 -
The agency deemed that the benefit to adult smokers looking to quit outweighed the risks to youths.
— David Ovalle and Rachel Roubein The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2024 -
That means China now has about 21 million jobless youth in cities and towns.
— Laura He, CNN, 9 Sep. 2022 -
The young Queen Elizabeth II, not long out of her teenage years, with the glow of youth and a tinkling bell of a voice, pledged her life to duty.
— Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022 -
And hip-hop-loving urban youth were quick to follow suit.
— Zandile Blay, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2022 -
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 -
The larger vision is for all youth to reach their full potential.
— Emmett Hall, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022 -
Two youths were in custody Wednesday and a third was being sought in the incident.
— Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2024 -
The Lakers had won three in a row against the Thunder, staring down their youth, speed and athleticism with wisdom and force.
— Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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