How to Use childhood in a Sentence

childhood

noun
  • Both men had unhappy childhoods.
  • The war in Ukraine wrecked her city — and her childhood.
    Natalia Abbakumova, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
  • So the Oscars have been the decor of my childhood dreams.
    Nigel Smith, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Philip, her third cousin, was a Greek prince but had spent most of his childhood in the U.K.
    Rachel Elbaum, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2022
  • For most of my childhood, my dad was in the Army Reserves.
    Rosa Evans, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The first part of my childhood was spent in Lebanon, as my father is from there.
    Nastya Platinova, SPIN, 21 Feb. 2024
  • It’s about my mother and my childhood and my teenage years.
    Will Tizard, Variety, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Going through that on my own was a scary part of my childhood.
    Liz McNeil, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Pyles is circling back to his childhood in a Big Spring truck stop.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2025
  • No one gets to choose the circumstances of their birth, or their childhood.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Al’s Barber Shop — to get his hair cut by a childhood friend.
    James Wagner, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Daphne Steel has, in some ways, had a normal childhood.
    Eli Cahan, The New Republic, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The window of my childhood house had been left open and there was a layer of ash on the top of my piano.
    Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2023
  • Moss has heard this voice, and others like it, since childhood.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
  • On the walls were nature scenes, visions of his childhood.
    Jay Deitcher, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2024
  • Much of O’Neal’s childhood was spent abroad, where his parents found work.
    Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Going to a Powfu show is a lot like hanging out with a childhood friend for the evening.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 24 June 2022
  • So many of the things that brighten my life are tethered to the softest and brightest parts of my childhood.
    Julia Carmel, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The author has often talked about her childhood and the lessons that both parents taught her.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
  • Masako spent parts of her childhood in Moscow, Tokyo and Boston.
    Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
  • To save herself, she is forced to team up with Rufus, whom she’s loathed since childhood.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 16 Jan. 2024
  • There’s no point in setting the record straight for the millionth time about my childhood, the school bullying.
    Ling Ma, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
  • The Dolton, Illinois, childhood home of Robert Prevost—a.k.a.
    India Roby, Architectural Digest, 13 May 2025
  • Paul, 41, added that the depths of his childhood trauma are what resonated most with Adele.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023
  • So, too, is the inari ($3) a sweet tofu pocket that was a favorite dessert from his childhood.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2023
  • When the funding for her art gallery in New York City falls through, she's forced to move back into her childhood home.
    Esther Kang, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Cage, as per the synopsis, plays a man who returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 2 May 2025
  • Since the minute Alessia was born, Rodriguez has gone above and beyond to protect her childhood.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The ice cream chain has just announced the return of the Oreo Dirt Pie Blizzard, complete with gummy worms sure to take you back to childhood.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 18 June 2025
  • This cookie, made with a deliciously crispy exterior of cornflakes, has a perfectly sweet interior thanks to maraschino cherries—a forever childhood favorite.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 7 June 2025

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