How to Use the younger in a Sentence

the younger

noun

• For once, the younger brother gets to be the mentor.
  — Melissa Lockard, New York Times, 2 June 2026
• Nomkhitha put the younger children back into bed.
  — Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
• And here’s a bit of a throwback to some of the younger readers.
  — Bultaco, New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2026
• The course of the war has proved the younger generation right.
  — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
• The older victim was struck in his right hand, while the younger man was hit in his right thigh.
  — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026
• What has helped the younger players on this year’s team stay calm under pressure?
  — Jordan Puente, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
• The older guys on that team knew about Fambrough, yes, but the younger ones did not.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
• This time, Riley put the onus on the younger of his two big men — to a degree.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
• What was the energy like on set when the younger actors were filming that scene?
  — Erin McMullen, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
• The women were related to each other, and a gun was found near the younger one.
  — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026
• Lendeborg’s ceiling is not considered to be as high as some of the younger prospects in the class.
  — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
• Sardines and pilchards are the same type of fish, with sardines being the younger, smaller ones.
  — Michelle Gumede, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
• Whether that resonates with the younger generations, who knows?
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
• From the plane, the younger Einarsson watched the plume of dark smoke emerge from the endless northern seas.
  — Quanta Magazine, 26 May 2026
• In the days, weeks and months that followed, the younger Naumov became in some ways the face of the tragedy.
  — Dave Skretta, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2026
• Their dog was found alive, which gave the younger Eliezer Alfonzo hope.
  — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
• This is a young team, and their two primary offensive spark plugs are one of the younger duos in the league.
  — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
• In fact, the younger Penguins very much outplayed their older teammates.
  — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
• Manzur outworked her and proved Serrano is too old to compete with the younger fighters in the sport.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
• Owalas are made with stainless steel, so water stays cold for hours, and the 16-ounce size is ideal for the younger kid crowd.
  — Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 3 Sep. 2025
• Dunne was also the younger sister of two brothers, Alex and Griffin.
  — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
• In the younger woman’s presence, Rita finds that the ominous ticking clock in her mind goes silent.
  — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
• Hemingway will star as Carmine present day, with Adler playing the younger Carmine.
  — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026
• Juliano Krue Valdi plays the younger version of Michael.
  — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
• The video begins with the younger sibling sitting in a bouncer watching the television.
  — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
• Its distancing from the younger Bolsonaro has been surprising.
  — ABC News, 25 July 2026
• The older one bounces his Spalding off the brick walls; the younger one digs his fingers into the box of corn flakes for the plastic prize.
  — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
• Ellen certainly has a point about the younger generation’s lack of discretion.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
• Haakon is the younger child of Harald, born two years after his sister, Princess Märtha Louise.
  — Jan M. Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
• Gein was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 1906, as the younger of two sons.
  — Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025