childhood

Example Sentences

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He’s since come to realize that he’d been wrestling with complex feelings, “which were childhood feelings,” and much of the debauchery of his past was about “looking for community and looking for connection.”

From Los Angeles Times

I feel like when you have a hard childhood, a hard start at life, it’s going to affect you for the rest of your life.

From Los Angeles Times

A Los Angeles jury has handed down an unprecedented win for a young woman who sued Meta and Google over her childhood addiction to social media.

From BBC

Well, we are currently living through country-changing upheaval, and instead of feeling thrilled, it’s making me and my friends nostalgic for our steady, bland childhoods.

From The Wall Street Journal

McEvoy said his record fulfilled a childhood dream and was achieved by focusing on strength training rather than spending hours in the pool.

From BBC