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
• With his youth come some unique challenges for Mr. Frost.
  — Stephanie Lai, New York Times, 6 Dec. 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
• 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
• Many artists have studied and still live in Hangzhou, and there is a vibrant youth culture scene.
  — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Oct. 2024
• 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
• Black initially played a gamut of sports as a youth with an early focus on lacrosse.
  — Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2022
• 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
• For more than 25 years, the Dorchester Eagles have tried to steer at-risk youth in an area steeped in gang culture away from danger.
  — Bob Hohler, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2022
• 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 music has been reduced to a soundtrack to countrywide gang violence that’s decimating a generation of Black and Brown youth.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
• But, for an older generation, Valenzuela remains a vivid presence, both an inspiration and a reminder of youth.
  — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024