How to Use kid in a Sentence

kid

1 of 3 noun

• He has a wife and two kids.
• She has to leave early and pick up her kids at school.
• I wish I could do something to help that poor kid.
• The last two years have been tough for Sundquist’s kids.
  — Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2024
• At least one of the bats was found in classroom with 10 kids.
  — Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2023
• Slap some life vests on those kids and go look for lily pads.
  — Victoria Barber, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2023
• The sandals come in women’s sizes, men’s sizes, and kids’ sizes.
  — Terri Peters, Parents, 26 Mar. 2024
• And how does Liko, who is still just a kid, deal with all that pressure?
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2024
• The bottom line is these are 18- to 22-year old kids playing ball.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2024
• There was always something of the prep-school kid about him — combined with the rebel.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 Dec. 2023
• Armstrong said the squatters even nearly hit one of her kids on the street.
  — Emma Colton, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
• Some of the other kids that were in the movie, and some of the kids of the people who worked on the film, also did some drawings.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2023
• The bells remind kids to get home, but that’s not their main purpose.
  — Jake Adelstein, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2023
• Our school is gone, the kids’ school, and that's a huge community for me.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2023
• Expect floats, costumes, bikes and trikes, and lots of fun for kids and pets alike.
  — oregonlive, 27 June 2023
• Listen to what your kids already do on their own to tame their screen time.
  — Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
• Life with kids and pets can get messy, but these days a white sofa needn’t cause fear.
  — Michelle Brunner, Washington Post, 15 June 2023
• The prank has been performed by kids, usually pre-teens and teens, for decades.
  — Isabel Hughes, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
• Great high schools aren’t available to all Boston kids.
  — Deanna Pan, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
• My question is, since none of these children are my son’s, what are these kids to ME?
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 10 July 2023
• Are the kids and grandkids harsher with the judgement than parents?
  — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 5 Oct. 2023
• The strong power makes the vacuum great for people with young kids who like to toss pieces of food, too.
  — Lauren Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2023
• There’s a volleyball and basketball court, along with a playground for the kids and a dog park for the pups.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2024
• Along with the casual snapshots, the two kids are seen cuddling with their mom.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
• That the kids should be free to be able to go to school and threaten everybody and there’s no consequences to that?
  — Rob Kuznia, CNN, 10 July 2023
• In the studies, kids played board games on average two times a week for 20 minutes each over the course of six weeks.
  — Treehugger Editors, Treehugger, 10 July 2023
• The idea is for little kids to project jobs and stories onto a blank canvas.
  — Time, 27 June 2023
• Minkoff agreed that kids can learn important lessons from sad films.
  — Kelly Conaboy, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2023
• The kids’ bedroom is space-themed, with a replica solar system hanging from the ceiling.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
• There's nothing quite like settling in along the California coast with your kids in tow.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2024

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kid

2 of 3 adjective

• This has a kid-proof case that is meant for kids ages two to 10.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 21 May 2021
• To that end, the deployment is treating the ship with kid gloves.
  — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
• And as for the kid/senior price, 13 is Swift’s lucky number.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 31 Aug. 2023
• And people the world over have fallen for a kid way, way ahead of his time.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 19 Feb. 2021
• There are even kid-sized versions of the chair for sale through eBay and Walmart!
  — Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful, 10 Feb. 2021
• To be clear, the variety of kid bikes today is a good thing.
  — Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 19 Oct. 2022
• One way to look at this little 20-volt saw is that it’s the kid brother to the 60-volt Craftsman above.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2020
• In fact, the actual cool-kid trend was to punk rock the forced-'fit to appear more down market.
  — Jill Kargman, Town & Country, 7 July 2021
• Any game with the Disney logo on it needs to be kid friendly.
  — Rob Wieland, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• Jaden Coleman were first cast as the kid versions of Kevin, Kate, and Randall.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 24 May 2022
• The ages of the core cast of kid characters have steadily widened each season.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 July 2022
• The stories of kid stars like Britney Spears and Gary Coleman are well known.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022
• Though this is a show with a kid narrator, it’s got a lot of adult content.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
• The stoneware mug is kid sized and decorated with red hearts.
  — Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2024
• Not every team will make a kid pitcher pay for his sins.
  — Richard Justice, Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2022
• Lyon said bent grass makes one of the most pet and kid friendly native grass lawns.
  — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2024
• That said, even Bellocchio hasn’t found the kid actor for his film yet.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 18 May 2022
• But pretty much everyone in the Big Ten is a kid brother to the Buckeyes.
  — Shannon Ryan, chicagotribune.com, 17 Dec. 2020
• Freshman Nicholas Garcia is no longer the kid brother for Marmion.
  — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2023
• For kids not ready to ride on their own, the Thule Ridealong is a kid seat that clamps securely to the adult bike.
  — Christine Frietchen, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2020
• Not long afterward, the cool-kid pair got to work plotting their looks for the night, both of which will be by Gucci.
  — Marley Marius, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2021
• The two siblings volley verses, with Cee trying to keep his kid brother out of the streets.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2022
• Many teachers opt to use kid-safe, low-odor surface cleaners for them as well.
  — Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 3 Oct. 2020
• The show has faster and better jokes than most kid fare, and the subplots about the parents would be at home on any ABC comedy.
  — Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
• Less like kid actors now and more like, kid actor from Eighties or Nineties movies.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2023
• Franklin, the Courant’s editor, had a kid brother apprenticed to him at the time – a teenager by the name of Benjamin.
  — Christian Chauret, The Conversation, 1 July 2021
• Children will receive a kid-size face shield with Qatar’s Oryx Kids Club mascots.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2020
• But then there's also that feeling of, how does a kid react when he's hurt or sad or in danger?
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2022
• But the youth council isn't just a kid version of the community council.
  — Terry Demio, The Enquirer, 26 Mar. 2021
• Unlike those similarities to Pokémon, which aims to be kid friendly, Palworld players can shoot Pals with guns to catch and then train them.
  — Cecilia D'anastasio, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2024

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kid

3 of 3 verb

• Don't kid yourself, the pain and scars from that day were deep.
  — Matthew Brown, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2022
• As for the Vikings, don't kid yourself, Kirk Cousins fans.
  — Mark Craig, Star Tribune, 23 Oct. 2020
• The berg itself is about half the size of the last one, but don't kid yourself: that's still huge.
  — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2012
• Just kidding, the beer was obviously the best part of the trip.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 19 Oct. 2017
• Hicks, kidding aside, is glad to see Jones back in the hitting spirit.
  — Chris Nelsen, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2019
• Don’t kid yourself — Bortles is good enough to beat these Colts.
  — Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star, 21 Oct. 2017
• Don’t kid yourself — this show got renewed for a third season, and by the looks of things, so will the podcast.
  — Vulture, 17 Jan. 2023
• All kidding aside, Thomas had done it before, in the 2013 Walker Cup.
  — Brentley Romine, The Courier-Journal, 20 July 2017
• But don't kid yourself, the car could go as high as $5 million dollars.
  — CBS News, 10 Jan. 2020
• Doggie guardians can enjoy special drinks such as the Pink Pooch and the Salty Dog, both $7 (still, not kidding).
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2019
• Which, back then, to kid me, carried a spooky importance.
  — T Kira Madden, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2021
• Crosby said, in case there was a doubt Subban was kidding.
  — Hemal Jhaveri, For The Win, 3 June 2017
• People who claim to sure how the journey will go are kidding themselves.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 2 Nov. 2019
• It’s not the end of the world, but no one should kid themselves into believing that Biden didn’t make a mistake.
  — Michael A. Cohen, The New Republic, 28 Mar. 2022
• Weitzman isn't kidding himself that a lot of shopping venues and stores are circling the drain.
  — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 28 June 2019
• On Thursday, Darvish kidded that maybe his goodwill would lead to good luck.
  — Creg Stephenson, AL.com, 28 Oct. 2017
• Then a teammate kidded him to only take layups to stay perfect.
  — Teresa M. Walker, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
• Don’t kid yourself, Utah can lose to Florida on Sept. 3.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022
• Just kidding about that last thing, but there are 31 pictures in total of them doing all the other stuff.
  — Tess Koman, Cosmopolitan, 21 Feb. 2018
• Collson, an avid cook who liked to kid and laugh, stuck firmly to her decision not to leave home, Jim said.
  — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2022
• Judging by her most recent venture, the soon-to-be mom was not kidding around with that statement.
  — Wandera Hussein, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2018
• At the time, Beltre was confounded by the assertion and wasn’t sure if West was kidding.
  — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 8 Aug. 2017
• Don’t kid yourself, the Dolphins are softer than Katy Perry’s lips.
  — Orlando Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2022
• He was known for his bold style, pop quizzes, games, dancing mailbox and kidding with colleagues.
  — Hal Boedeker, orlandosentinel.com, 4 June 2019
• If neither hits a milestone homer the first week on the road, each could take advantage of the Giants’ new bandbox (kidding).
  — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 4 Mar. 2020
• Presumably, Clarke is kidding about getting at least some of this ink.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 23 May 2018
• All kidding aside, the New Jersey native is bursting with pride for his daughter.
  — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
• Someone should alert our courts that the framers were just kidding about clauses 4 and 8 of Article I, Section 8.
  — Oren Cass, National Review, 20 Nov. 2019
• Just kidding — there's no way to let the Grammys, one of the biggest nights of the year for not only music but also for style and beauty, slip your mind.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 27 Jan. 2020
• Still, no writers are kidding themselves that the DGA’s membership will reject the deal.
  — Anonymous, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024