little child

Example Sentences

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Confronted with his realistic, blinking, speaking face, she felt “scared … like a little child again.”

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

“Then you switch perspective and be this little child … and you see a big adult who tells you all of these things.”

From Salon • May 26, 2025

Ms Hooper said Pugh was destined for the big screen: "It was quite extraordinary for somebody of her age - it wasn't like watching a little child on the stage."

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025

Still, there it was, inescapably, a line from Isaiah: “and a little child shall lead them.”

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2022

Out of nowhere the words from the Bible came into my head: "And a little child shall lead them."

From "Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman