kid

Example Sentences

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I played sports when I was a kid and being on a team, playing your role, being a leader if you needed to be, and being part of a team helped me in bands.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

"I think there was an image on Saturday of a Celtic fan on the pitch with a kid in his arms taunting the Hearts players."

From BBC • May 18, 2026

“It’s human nature to try to solve the unsolvable and be as precise as possible, but we also can’t kid ourselves that we know the answers,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

A sinister atmosphere hangs over the narrative, a marked shift from the cheerful fare of other major kid releases in the past several years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Dad makes a silly face and whispers, “Sheesh,” but it strikes me as sad, not funny, that this kid yells the same stuff he’s heard his father say.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison