How to Use childhood in a Sentence

childhood

noun

• Both men had unhappy childhoods.
• But instead of working your way through the same old shows, have a childhood favorites marathon.
  — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 12 Jan. 2023
• These were simply the accoutrements of a happy childhood.
  — Dallas News, 4 Jan. 2023
• My late father listened to this album my entire childhood, so this is another one that’s ingrained into my core.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 29 Nov. 2024
• Some of that play may even enhance creativity and help with childhood development.
  — Philip Galanes, Chicago Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
• Both images suggest latent recollections from childhood, hazily called back up.
  — M. Z. Adnan, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2024
• The pressure to replicate the magic of my childhood memories combined with the fear of failing turns out to be the perfect recipe for a really bad time.
  — Chrissy Carter, Outside Online, 30 Nov. 2024
• From the pale, girlish gowns of childhood, their wardrobes become elegant in color and pattern, contrasting with one another.
  — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
• Such feelings aren’t less real even if they’re forged in deplorable circumstances—in this case, during a childhood of unpaid labor spent on the literal warpath.
  — Cynthia Greenlee, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023
• This nostalgic childhood favorite features the classic combination of peanut butter and chocolate in a chewy, fudgy cookie.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 29 Nov. 2024
• Part of the beauty of childhood is that every new experience offers a lesson, making playtime an opportunity to learn and grow.
  — Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 11 Jan. 2023
• Bemelmans arrived in New York in 1914 after a troubled childhood.
  — Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2022
• The war in Ukraine wrecked her city — and her childhood.
  — Natalia Abbakumova, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
• So the Oscars have been the decor of my childhood dreams.
  — Nigel Smith, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2023
• For most of my childhood, my dad was in the Army Reserves.
  — Rosa Evans, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Apr. 2023
• The first part of my childhood was spent in Lebanon, as my father is from there.
  — Nastya Platinova, SPIN, 21 Feb. 2024
• No one gets to choose the circumstances of their birth, or their childhood.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2023
• Daphne Steel has, in some ways, had a normal childhood.
  — Eli Cahan, The New Republic, 17 Jan. 2023
• The window of my childhood house had been left open and there was a layer of ash on the top of my piano.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2023
• Moss has heard this voice, and others like it, since childhood.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
• On the walls were nature scenes, visions of his childhood.
  — Jay Deitcher, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2024
• Much of O’Neal’s childhood was spent abroad, where his parents found work.
  — Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
• So many of the things that brighten my life are tethered to the softest and brightest parts of my childhood.
  — Julia Carmel, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
• The author has often talked about her childhood and the lessons that both parents taught her.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
• Masako spent parts of her childhood in Moscow, Tokyo and Boston.
  — Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
• To save herself, she is forced to team up with Rufus, whom she’s loathed since childhood.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 16 Jan. 2024
• Paul, 41, added that the depths of his childhood trauma are what resonated most with Adele.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023
• So, too, is the inari ($3) a sweet tofu pocket that was a favorite dessert from his childhood.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2023
• Like many people’s childhoods, my childhood was a lot like that.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2023
• The trio soon thereafter returned to Guatemala, where Blackmon spent most of his childhood.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 7 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024