child

Example Sentences

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He added that there was a child among those arbitrarily detained.

From BBC

I have bowled, as a child, and later with friends, when it enjoyed a renaissance back in the last century — it was pre-cocktail bowling, the beer years.

From Los Angeles Times

Following the verdicts, the Staffordshire councillor responsible for child services, Nick Lakin, said a council review of the case would be "published in due course".

From BBC

There was also the news that council districts in Northern England had instructed schoolteachers not to encourage children in classrooms to draw any pictures that might be offensive to Muslims.

From The Wall Street Journal

During a session on Iran's record, Bahreini urged the UN's top rights body to instead discuss the Iranian cultural heritage under "indiscriminate" attack and "the innocent children massacred at their school desks".

From Barron's