infant

Example Sentences

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Studies after that conflict concluded the damage hampered efforts to purify water and contributed to infant mortality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Once firefighters arrived and extracted the infant, they began performing CPR, but it looked like the baby was turning blue, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Despite a 17% drop in 2025 births, policies create investment niches in fertility, infant products, and family infrastructure, viewed as a consumption policy.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Born to Jamaican parents in Mitcham, south London, in 1965, Ricky Walters was blinded in one eye by broken glass as an infant and took to wearing an eye patch.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

A minute later, Fern was seated on the floor in the corner of the kitchen with her infant between her knees, teaching it to suck from the bottle.

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White