kid around

Example Sentences

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“Crypto is no longer the only cool kid around the block.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

Danvers enjoys pushing the kid around as she molds him into a – you can say it out loud– true detective.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2024

He is not the soul of patience — who could be, with such a tetchy grown kid around the house? — but he is not going anywhere.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2023

I was riding around my neighborhood when I was a kid, around like 9.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2022

I can no longer just kid around, since my serious side is always there.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank