How to Use the youth in a Sentence

the youth

noun
Definition of the youthnext
  • To the youth, Brando was the line in the sand, the fork in the road.
    — Ty Burr, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Tom Lynch, a D.C. police spokesman, said the youth was 14 at the time of the shooting.
    — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The Reds’ starting lineup on Wednesday was a reminder of the youth of the team.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 20 July 2023
  • At the youth levels, rest your arm for a few months in late fall and winter.
    — Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
  • My son’s catch-and-release treasure hunt was a wake-up call for me—the youth have no love for the coin of the realm.
    — Wes Moss, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • When his son and nephew entered the youth program 11 years ago, Nate jumped in.
    — Zachary Lyons, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2023
  • His search for the right building for the youth center has gone slowly.
    — Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
  • He is seen as the candidate of the youth, though far from young at 61; his main rivals are in their 70s.
    — Ruth MacLean, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Swift’s big-screen self-display catches the youth of the Great Reset at their most gullible.
    — Armond White, National Review, 18 Oct. 2023
  • But new research shows that couldn’t be further from the truth—the youth of today just don’t want a desk job.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
  • It’s often said that the youth are the first to adopt new technology.
    — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The looks that walked down the runway were inspired by the youth on the streets of New York when Vevers first arrived a decade ago.
    — Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The conditions were so dire that a state oversight agency ordered most of the youth in the halls out.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2024
  • So a supersoldier is dispatched on a mission to find the youth who will one day turn the tide in the war.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2023
  • While Pleasantville is 87% white, almost all of the youth on the campus are Black or Latino.
    — Abigail Kramer, ProPublica, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Mack stays in touch with the youth, who at first didn’t want to participate in anything and was prone to blowups.
    — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2023
  • That worries Amy Case, whose grandchildren play on the youth teams.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 4 May 2023
  • The lack of acquisitions in left field and shortstop are a credit to the youth movement.
    — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The people that are taking chances are on platforms like TikTok: That’s what’s getting the eyeballs of the youth.
    — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The last were initially known as revivalists of Mod, the youth movement that gave Williamson’s duo half of its name.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Just a few years removed from his playing career, Orr is part of the youth movement among NFL coaches.
    — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2024
  • If Socrates were still around (Letters, Nov. 3), he wouldn’t be canceled for impiety and corrupting the youth.
    — Stephen Borkowski, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Contrary to what the youth of today are saying online, eco-friendliness is just the cherry on the top said Lacik.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 4 Mar. 2024
  • That spurred him to enter his final year of competing at the youth level with a new mindset.
    — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • But Hertzfeld ordered the youth to remain in the secure detention center and set a trial date for Jan. 2.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
  • If found responsible for the killing, the youth could not be ordered held beyond his 21st birthday.
    — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The sun is seemingly setting on the nation’s tradition of the youth going out and staying up late.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2024
  • On Friday, the two houses announced the release of an 11-piece collection that borrows from the youth aesthetic of the aughts.
    — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 7 July 2023
  • Consumer spending has weakened, the housing market has slumped, and the youth unemployment rate has soared to a fresh record of 21.3%.
    — Laura He, CNN, 31 July 2023
  • In a close election, securing the youth vote will be paramount in order for Biden to win reelection.
    — Chandler James, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 2024

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