kid

Example Sentences

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"But the kid inside of you wants to break out and just hoot and holler."

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

To a kid raised on a steady diet of Bootsy Collins and Parliament-Funkadelic who dreamed of L.A. living, the Chili Peppers’ earliest output was funk rock magic.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

His parents weren’t thrilled, but he reassured them: “Would you rather tell your friends that your kid makes millions of dollars a month or has a college degree?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Hansen took questions from media while wedged in horizontally and described the joy of floating: "It just makes me feel like a little kid."

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Someone—Jonah thought it was a kid in the skull group—muttered, “Why would we want to?”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix