kid

Example Sentences

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Do you see that uncompromising attitude coming from watching people do that as a kid?

From Los Angeles Times • 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

“When I was a kid I watched ‘Old Yeller,’” Mazin said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Sethapanichsakul, a self-confessed "dinosaur kid", said in a UCL press release that the study also "fulfils a childhood promise of naming a dinosaur".

From BBC • May 14, 2026

He’d had such trouble understanding that when he was a little kid.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix