small child

Example Sentences

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I have a small child, so my body has trained to wake up at about 5:30.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

I ask her what the small child she was then would think of her success.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

“Another adult living in the home was outside and begged the agents to let him take care of the small child, and was refused,” Stenvik said.

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2026

"Our building has electric heating. It's extremely cold there, 5-7C, and living like that with a small child isn't normal," she added.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

The solemnity that had always lent him, as a small child, a rather comic air, now seemed a sort of youthful dignity.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson