as a child

idiom

: when one was a child
I went there once as a child.

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During the sewer sequence, Hallorann is transported to a memory in which he and his grandma are terrorized by his grandpa (Andrew Moodie), who is implied to have molested Hallorann as a child. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025 For Pritchard, paper chains are synonymous with the magic of Christmastime as a child, a feeling many of us strive to recreate as adults. Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2025 He is depicted as a child in Andy Muschietti’s 2017 film adaptation (played by Chosen Jacobs), and as an adult (Isaiah Mustafa) in its 2019 sequel. Andrew McGowan, Variety, 14 Dec. 2025 Give us a little bit of you as a child. Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 12 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for as a child

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“As a child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20a%20child. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.

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