as a child

phrase

: when one was a child

I went there once as a child.

Examples of as a child in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Dhillon, a Sikh who was born in India and immigrated to the United States as a child, was a prominent figure in conservative legal and political circles even before being tapped to her Justice Department position. — Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026

Nattiv based The Liberation on his grandmother Rita—who really had been in a concentration camp as a child, and joined a commune in her adult life. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 6 Nov. 2026

Ramaswamy aired a late attack ad against Acton featuring her estranged mother, who backed her husband when Acton accused him of rape as a child. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026

The defining moment of this campaign came with an ad made by the Ramaswamy campaign that tried to use Acton's estranged mother, who fled the state with a husband who was indicted for raping Acton as a child, to call Acton a liar. — Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for as a child

• domiciled
• reconciled
• undefiled
• beguiled
• brainchild
• compiled
• defiled
• exiled
• grandchild
• profiled
• refiled
• reviled