Examples of as a child in a Sentence
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Hostages went hungry and were subjected to abuse by their captors
Aviva was born in South Africa and immigrated to Israel as a child.
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Tamir Kalifa, NPR, 30 Apr. 2024
Benson told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in February 2024 that his love of history started as a child growing up in Milwaukee.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2024
Butler recalls being informed as a child that Uncle Harold was a vegetable.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
So long as a child and family had the time, baseball was accessible.
—Adam Minter, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2024
Born in the United States to an American U.N. diplomat, Truman moved to Kenya as a child and lived in China for much of his adult life, eventually working as an investment capitalist.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
Gilligan was also wrestling with the fallout of being molested as a child, and a recent report from a psychologist found signs of post traumatic stress.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2024
In his interview with E! News, Quaid shared a memory of working with the Mean Girls star as a child.
—Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
Not only had he been kept home from school as a child, he had not been exposed to books.
—Laura Kwerel, NPR, 15 Apr. 2024
Tamir Kalifa, NPR, 30 Apr. 2024
Benson told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in February 2024 that his love of history started as a child growing up in Milwaukee.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2024
Butler recalls being informed as a child that Uncle Harold was a vegetable.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
So long as a child and family had the time, baseball was accessible.
—Adam Minter, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2024
Born in the United States to an American U.N. diplomat, Truman moved to Kenya as a child and lived in China for much of his adult life, eventually working as an investment capitalist.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
Gilligan was also wrestling with the fallout of being molested as a child, and a recent report from a psychologist found signs of post traumatic stress.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2024
In his interview with E! News, Quaid shared a memory of working with the Mean Girls star as a child.
—Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
Not only had he been kept home from school as a child, he had not been exposed to books.
—Laura Kwerel, NPR, 15 Apr. 2024
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