babyhood

Example Sentences

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But at 3, my son still wears diapers and has the soft cheeks of babyhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025

Then there are her hands, which Rett syndrome has characteristically made her wring daily since babyhood.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2021

These misshapen cells get stuck in veins and arteries, blocking the flow of blood that carries life-giving oxygen to the body and causing the disease’s horrifying hallmark: episodes of agony that begin in babyhood.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2020

It’s easy for the breezy, simple kid to get a bit overlooked, but that’s not the worst thing in the world; I’m more worried about your sense that you’re missing out on your daughter’s babyhood.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2019

Perhaps he preferred that anyway, she thought; she must seem a little prattling cub, only just past babyhood, in the eyes of an armored bear.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman