baby

Example Sentences

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He told the audience that everyone knows what a baby seal is, but no one knows how it behaves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

This is the year the first baby boomers—those born in 1946—turn 80, and that cohort includes Donald Trump.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Jan Lawden was 15 when she was sent to St Monica's with her newborn baby Julian in April 1968.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“I’m not a father yet, but to me, the closest thing to being an expectant father was like, ‘Oh, my TV partner has a baby on the way!’”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

I would have Anna, and I knew by the small N Maggie had drawn over her skirt that there was going to be a baby, and she meant to name her Nory.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff