girl

Example Sentences

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Still, through it all, some Walterboro residents refuse to join the mob now casting stones at a woman they have known since she was a girl.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

It is 1941 and Neriya, a young Jewish girl in a Lithuanian shtetl, is being noisily summoned to the forest by a regular visitor to her house, a crow she calls Buster.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The three-piece shared some DNA with US girl group TLC, in the sense that they were a contemporary R&B vocal trio with one member who also delivered the songs' raps.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

“This girl straight beat us last year — she is a pure hitter,” Inouye-Perez said, with Berry sitting next to her.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

For a moment I was a little girl again, waiting for him to tuck the blankets tight.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom