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
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
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Few industries took the 1960 recession harder than that postwar wonder child of the metal business�aluminum.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"You're either the wonder child of the British Empire or its champion fool," remarked Price somewhat waspishly, as he prepared to leave me alone with the Callender-Graham dossier.
From Lord John in New York by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.