wonder child
Example Sentences
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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
The rest of Welles's story is all Mercury Theatre, but the Mercury Theatre was a lot of things before it became Broadway's wonder child.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was something of a wonder child, and at an early age developed considerable facility and brilliancy.
From Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers by Brower, Harriette
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
