children

Example Sentences

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If children are desperate to go to the park or paddle at the beach, wait until it's cooler in the evening.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

Organisers say all additional income generated by the two-day format will be distributed by the London Marathon Foundation to projects that inspire activity for children and young people across London and the UK.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

About 1 in 4 American children, some 18 million, live without their biological father, the Census Bureau reports, and they grow up poor at four times the rate of their peers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

Then our children and grandchildren can go on and write about the upcoming tricentennial, and what we must do to make it to 350.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

He seemed to be in charge of the other children, and if he got scared enough, he’d not only lead them out of the forest but deter them from coming back.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman