How to Use as a child in a Sentence

as a child

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• Roy had played the cello as a child.
  — Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
• That was hard to imagine as a child.
  — Emma Alpern, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
• Hearing that as a child was heavy.
  — Mark Curriden, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
• This is a boy who suffered as a child.
  — Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
• This story didn’t mean much to me as a child.
  — Literary Hub, 11 Mar. 2026
• That’s where my mind went as a child in the ’90s.
  — Joel Feder, The Drive, 26 Mar. 2026
• Some of the doctors who cared for her as a child still work there.
  — Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
• Combs adopted Brown as a child.
  — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
• But as a child, this was just something he was used to at the time.
  — Ben Morse, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
• And as a child of two worlds, there was so much to learn, and unlearn.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 16 Apr. 2023
• Slater lost his mother as a child and spoke about how that tragedy shaped him.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 20 July 2023
• The part marked her biggest role as a child actor.
  — Victoria Edel, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• People need large amounts of the hormone as a child, but adults need less of it.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2025
• Change your profile photo to a picture of you as a child.
  — Emily Menez, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2026
• Ismael Ox lost his right had as a child in a grenade attack.
  — Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
• 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
• Many believe that a dog may be reborn as a child of their old owners.
  — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Aug. 2025
• And why not make that book one whose cover traumatized you as a child?
  — Vulture Staff, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2023
• Kaden had health problems as a child and required extra care.
  — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 17 July 2026
• What makes someone look outside of what they’re being told as a child?
  — Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Sep. 2023
• Costumes to Wyeth though, are about more than playing dress up as a child.
  — Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 6 June 2025
• Alcaraz picked up his first racket at the age of 4 and trained at the club as a child.
  — Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
• Plus, Rojas laughed, his parents kept him busy pulling weeds as a child.
  — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
• 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 polio she was afflicted with as a child leaving her with a limp.
  — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
• 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
• Among the greatest of his gifts was playing the game forever as a child.
  — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
• The rash of murders that spooked Neko as a child is one gothic detail of many.
  — Emma Alpern, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
• Carney said he had been vaccinated against the virus as a child.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 21 Feb. 2026
• Your brain is almost damaged when something like this happens to you as a child.
  — David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026