How to Use youngster in a Sentence

youngster

noun
  • As a youngster, he was very shy.
  • De Alba was born in Merced in 1979 and worked in the fields as a youngster.
    Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The youngsters sulk, stomp and scamper, pull pranks and horse around.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • In 2016, the grandma-of-six hopped into a bounce house to play with the youngsters.
    Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The youngsters who look up to him will have to keep straining those necks.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Maddox likes to note that this isn’t a band of youngsters.
    Lola Sherman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Aaron was even a member of a chess club in school as a youngster.
    Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The youngster did well to high-point the ball and come down in bounds with possession.
    Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2022
  • The basis is the lack of ego of the veterans, which has allowed the youngsters to adapt well to the squad and the club.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Bright colors appeal to the youngsters and make the PFD easy to spot on the river.
    Ben Romans, Field & Stream, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Over the next five years, Larson often thought of the youngster.
    Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2023
  • Houck is 27 years old, no longer a youngster, and the Sox are still having to imagine.
    Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Then, the prevailing youngster will advance to face off against the adults in the main contest.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Mitchell let the youngster know about it, encouraging him to hit his man first and then go for the board.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The youngster has mastered the art of yodeling, a talent that earned her a four-chair turn.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Robbie isn’t the first youngster in a tough spot to be befriended by Jones.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 16 Aug. 2022
  • While walking this last stretch, I was often passed by a woman in a car, the seats full of youngsters.
    Werner Herzog, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The youngster with a love of country didn’t buckle under the pressure.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Plus, there’ll be beer gardens by Darwin’s and Uncle Joe’s for the adults and a kids zone for youngsters.
    Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2023
  • Of course, the youngster’s family and friends made their presence felt.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 17 Apr. 2023
  • What did work, and what should be most promising to fans, is how the two youngsters filled two of the team’s biggest vacancies.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • You youngsters barely have a prefrontal cortex to speak of.
    Monica McDonough, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The youngster was dressed to impress too, wearing a furry white jacket over a red plaid shirt.
    Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Every now and then, a ship loaded with youngsters sailed from faraway Athens bound for Crete.
    Yanis Varoufakis, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2024
  • In past years the male house wren jumped into action as soon as eggs hatched, bringing in food to help feed the hungry youngsters.
    Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Fijian dance and language lessons are great ways to teach youngsters about the local culture.
    Lindsay Cohn, Parents, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Authorities say that’s when the youngster pulled the trigger.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Later in the conversation, the youngster adorably asked the prince how Archie and Lilibet were doing.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2022
  • As of this summer, the National Zoo had 24 adult cheetahs and two youngsters, both 10 months old.
    Lee Powell, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The photo, in which the seated, smiling Kate is flanked by the three grinning youngsters in cozy sweaters, is credited in the post to William, Prince of Wales.
    Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024

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