birthday

Example Sentences

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Fear over how someone will pay for a child’s birthday cake.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

There are going to be parents who can’t afford a birthday cake for their kid thanks to restrictions, which isn’t fair to that child, she pointed out.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

Then, the summer before her 60th birthday, she participated in an intensive learning experience in Jewish prayer and Torah in Jerusalem and was set off on the path to the clergy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

As for Aria, she is happy and healthy again, having just celebrated her seventh birthday with sister Arabella.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Someone makes an announcement about a birthday cake; someone else makes an announcement about keeping our lockers tidy.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse