childhood

Example Sentences

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The long, digressive rural idyll “NN” follows a sophisticated city dweller’s return to the village of his childhood country house.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

“Throughout my entire childhood, he was always making music.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

He had a difficult childhood and lost both his parents when he was young.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

It's a highly anticipated journey that demands exacting precision -- but there's still room for the astronauts to live out their childhood dreams of spaceflight.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Somewhere in the expanse beneath that placid splendor lay Togbe’s childhood home in its watery grave, lost in time.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo