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

I wasn’t after infants who are incidental to the plot; I wanted babies whose babyhood was essential to the story.

From New York Times • May 11, 2024

I have a 3-year-old, and his grandparents have already missed so much of his babyhood thanks to the pandemic.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2021

Since babyhood, she had experienced episodes of searing pain, hospitalization and organ damage, and would have been expected to die in her 40s.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2021

They are infants—you look away a minute and in that time they have left their babyhood behind.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya