young person
Example Sentences
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In one scene, a young person "wonders whether... that kind of love was possible only in the old times", he said.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Unlike Cricket, Olympia is earnest and sincere about her art in the way that only a young person untainted by cynicism can be.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
"The approach to sentencing should be individualistic and focused on the child or young person, as opposed to offence-focused," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
"We're finding more and more social isolation. Sometimes on home visits the young person is talking to us from the top of the stairs," she says.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
Dorothy was the kind of young person who filled the Negro race with hope that its future in America would be more propitious than its past.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
