Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for child. Search instead for sheild.
Definitions

child

[chahyld] / tʃaɪld /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

To Norway’s child services group, the Barnevernet, the Bodnarius were a model of the progressive but necessary systems put in place to protect children.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2026

Cisco is the “ultimate dot-com poster child trying to claim relevance in today’s bubble,” Goldberg said.

From MarketWatch Sep. 19, 2026

This year's winning video was magnified to 100 times in size, and featured tiny hair-like structures, called cilia, in the airways of a child with a rare genetic disease.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

He “wrote a brief note to his new wife, now pregnant with their first child: ‘The battle is getting more merciless by the minute.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

She used to say he was their miracle child.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Families earning less than £400 a week are entitled to weekly NHS Health Start payments including pregnant women and those with children under four years old who are entitled to £4.65 a week.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

Not much later, I would consider the role of language in disguising accountability during an investigation into mistreatment of children in Russian orphanages.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2026

Let’s go back in time to the day when parents sent all their children to the same neighborhood public school, one brother after another, one sister after another.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

Happy Meals and other toy promos were geared toward children in the past.

From MarketWatch Sep. 19, 2026

The children moved in a clot down the hill, stomping and pushing and screaming but never straying far from each other.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




Vocabulary lists containing child


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training