How to Use early in life in a Sentence

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  • Enroll in swim lessons A child that learns to swim early in life will have the best chance at staying safe.
    Douglas MacMillan, Washington Post, 16 July 2023
  • That was kind of a beautiful disguise, to fail early in life.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Maintaining a cognitive reserve starts early in life but has to be worked at over the years.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2023
  • Maintaining a cognitive reserve starts early in life but has to be worked at over the years.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2023
  • Williams’ dreams of rock stardom were realized early in life.
    Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2022
  • So much of consumption occurs early in life, as people have children and buy homes, cars, and white goods.
    Zachary Karabell, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019
  • That’s about all Jalen Hurts the horse can do anymore, given that he was gelded early in life and wouldn’t have had any breeding prospects anyway.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Stefon had to take on a paternal role early in life and Trevon has been grateful for his brother’s guidance.
    Skyler Trepel, Peoplemag, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Epiphanies rarely come so early in life, but Palmer operates on her own schedule.
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Scientists know that conditions early in life play a large role in the development of a healthy brain.
    Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The syndrome usually surfaces very early in life and parents may be able to tell when an infant's hair begins to grow out.
    Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Originally from the Bay Area, Ciambrone says his creative impulse emerged early in life.
    Courtney Lichterman, Robb Report, 21 July 2021
  • Another reason guys don’t check themselves for cancer is that they aren’t taught to do so early in life, says Campbell.
    Mary Brophy Marcus, Men's Health, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Treating it as such early in life will save the U.S. health care system billions of dollars in treating the downstream consequences.
    Lizzy Feliciano, STAT, 29 May 2021
  • Here are his memories: Audrey realized early in life that self-worth could not be based on fame or beauty.
    Town & Country, 28 June 2023
  • Most of these mental health conditions will emerge early in life, with their first appearance peaking at age 15.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The matriarch’s character was formed early in life, on a farm in rural Virginia, about 90 miles south of Washington.
    Tim Carman, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Warwick made it to the big leagues early in life, first singing backing vocals and, in her 20s, recording demos for songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David before landing her own record deal.
    Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Some broke through early in life and kept getting noticed, peaking in their final chapters—a late-in-life capstone to a monumental life.
    CBS News, 6 June 2024
  • Both biologists by training, the artistic pair’s interest in bats was piqued early in life.
    Olivia Deng, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Bearology Research has found that teddy bear comfort starts early in life.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The doctor had some struggles, including one with alcohol early in life.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2023
  • People should reduce the sweetness of the diet altogether, starting early in life, to improve their health.
    Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 16 May 2023
  • Many of these mass shooters have experienced some pretty horrific things in life early in life.
    CBS News, 12 June 2022
  • First, the gut microbiota tend to develop in a somewhat predictable manner early in life.
    Patrick Wilson, Outside Online, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Researchers had long noted that some skills—analysis and innovation, for example—tend to rise quickly very early in life and then fall through one’s 30s and 40s.
    Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Grounded in the Appalachian oral tradition from one side of his family, McNiece said he was drawn to poetry early in life.
    Annie Nickoloff, cleveland, 16 Aug. 2022
  • That’s why the hepatitis vaccine is recommended early in life.
    Angus Chen, STAT, 27 Dec. 2023
  • In other words, people who became blind early in life are better at hearing the auditory motion of objects within a noisy world.
    Ione Fine, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Discipline, confidence and teamwork are essential life skills best learned early in life.
    Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 30 May 2024

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