How to Use young in a Sentence

young

adjective
  • The season is still young.
  • He looks young for his age.
  • A very nice young man greeted us at the door.
  • He dreamed of being an artist when he was young.
  • The movie isn't suitable for young viewers.
  • Our youngest daughter just started school.
  • He's still too young to buy alcohol legally.
  • Young people today have a lot of opportunities.
  • There’s a young man here at A24 who has the lamp tattooed on his arm.
    Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 21 Sep. 2023
  • For the first time in the club’s young life, Bay FC has some problems to address.
    Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Travis Kelce is spreading joy to young Swifties in his home state!
    Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Most of them are young people who have their own dreams.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Of course, help is available to young people from all over.
    Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2024
  • And if the rings are young, Enceladus and a handful of other moons might be young too.
    WIRED, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Moore gave a young boy dressed in school colors his glove after the San Diego State game.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • But the new and, hopefully younger, management will have to do more to keep up with the pace of change.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The most recent instance was a month ago — courtesy of a younger couple.
    Sydney Page, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The average age of the players ranked above James this season is more than a decade younger than him.
    Dr. Kanithra Sekaran, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2023
  • The eighth bus from Texas arrived in L.A. with 40 asylum-seekers, one as young as 9 months.
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Once again, the bright-eyed star played a young man wooing more mature women.
    Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Flying the friendly skies for a parent with a young child can feel like anything but.
    Kristina Behr, Parents, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Durante Verzola is a young artist with fine-aged craft stored in his soul.
    Guillermo Perez, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Read on for everything to know about Arnold Schwarzenegger's youngest son.
    Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2023
  • My second piece for young entrepreneurs is to start early.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Its oldest members are not quite ready for a quinceañera, while its youngest will be conceived in the coming weeks.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Turns out, Nantz’s dad bought that for the family, and young Jim spent hours down there teaching himself how to play.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Great, hard-working young [kid] that comes from a great family.
    Richard Davenport, arkansasonline.com, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Hundreds of young people at a peace concert died, many raped and tortured.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Eads hopes the new livestream will reach a younger audience and allow people to watch days later.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
  • What were those early years like for you as a young actor in Mexico City?
    Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2024

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