kid

Example Sentences

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"This kid has everything I want," said the manager.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

As a kid, she wanted to be a writer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

When you’re a kid, it arrives all at once: the last school bell, the first trip to the pool, the permission slip feeling of a completely unscheduled Tuesday.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

For the kid I once was, the same number means the opposite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Just like every other Academy kid, someone who had been entrusted to the Academy by my parents from birth, I’d grown up not owning much.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin