wonder child
Example Sentences
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Last year, Maye was the wonder child who could do no wrong; babies and dogs from Pittsfield to Providence were bequeathed his sturdy first name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Mr. Chandler’s story is also part of a certain New York myth: that of the fallen wonder child.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2018
Even the euphemisms were bland, and their conundrum was apparent: Golf’s bright young wonder child waited in the wings, literally overlooking the green, and the man about to beat him was hopelessly boring.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 16, 2013
His father, a singing teacher, later moved Lorin to an appropriate place for a wonder child, Los Angeles.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his youth he was fondled and idealized as a wonder child, but his circumstances deteriorated as he matured in his art and the more accomplished the works of his fantasy grew.
From Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 by Emma Goldman
