How to Use as a child in a Sentence

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  • Her love for hair began as a child, growing up in her hometown, Jamaica.
    — Essence, 10 July 2024
  • Delavan lived in Zimbabwe as a child and moved to Boise in 1994.
    — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 11 May 2024
  • Zoom in: Wong is a longtime activist and writer who was diagnosed with muscular atrophy as a child.
    — Shawna Chen, Axios, 11 July 2024
  • Vũ was born in a rural part of Vietnam and immigrated to the United States with their family as a child.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
  • Today, the Malawi Constitution defines any person below age 18 as a child.
    — Rabson Kondowe, New York Times, 10 May 2024
  • Gonzalez, a married father of two daughters with a third on the way, moved with his family as a child to the United States from Guatemala.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 11 July 2024
  • So was a comedy special by Hannah Gadsby, describing experiences as a child before she was later diagnosed with autism as an adult.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The kind that Hsieh used to take for granted as a child.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
  • And as a child of two worlds, there was so much to learn, and unlearn.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The name is a homage to nearby Red Oak, where Davis lived as a child.
    — Edward M. Eveld, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
  • It’s revealed that Willie would rise at 4:30 AM and work in the fields as a child.
    — Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Slater lost his mother as a child and spoke about how that tragedy shaped him.
    — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 20 July 2023
  • What kinds of art forms were you introduced to as a child?
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Much of the early part of the book is centered around the abuse and trauma that Jones endured as a child.
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The actress explained to Washington what the land meant to her as a child.
    — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024
  • With tears in her eyes, Becky sang the ballad while a video montage of her as a child played in the background.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The character made a brief appearance as a child in the 2019 film.
    — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Brook-Lynne Clark spent a lot of time at her great grandmother’s house as a child.
    — Michelle Aslam, Dallas News, 2 June 2023
  • The court has ordered that the boy's name not be revealed because he may still be tried as a child.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Rosalynn grew up in Plains, a town of only 700, and knew Jimmy as a child.
    — Kevin Sullivan, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • But few of those adoring fans knew some of the challenges the midfielder faced as a child.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • Maybe, as a child, your parents took you to a fairground, and bought you vanilla ice cream.
    — Kristen Lynch, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The snap featured Cori as a child, as well as her mother Shanté and aunt Sharelle Fuller.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The singer took guitar lessons briefly as a child, then turned to self-tutoring with YouTube videos.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
  • Plus, Rojas laughed, his parents kept him busy pulling weeds as a child.
    — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
  • When O’Connor was punished as a child and made to sleep outside in the garden shed, her mother would turn off all of the lights in the house.
    — The New York Times Magazine, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Frances is married to Frank, a shy, polite man who was fostered as a child.
    — Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • And why not make that book one whose cover traumatized you as a child?
    — Vulture Staff, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Born in 1937 in Harlem, Williams began acting on Broadway as a child.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023

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