as a child

idiom

: when one was a child
I went there once as a child.

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Her children’s book, The Fly Who Flew to Space, was inspired by her own experiences as a child. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 19 Oct. 2025 McCurdy wrote in her 2022 book about her career as a child actress and her difficult relationship with her abusive mother, who died in 2013. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2025 McCormack has continued to work since her days as a child star. Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025 This includes plaintiffs Walker and Robert Holmes, who in 2002 was the first to publicly allege that Lorch abused him as a child and paid for his silence as an adult. Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for as a child

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“As a child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20a%20child. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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