children
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The children - both under five - were found by a driver near the town of Alcacer do Sal on Tuesday, police said.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Because of the step-up in basis at death, if your children inherit assets that aren’t in retirement accounts, they won’t be liable for taxes on capital gains earned during your lifetime.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
“While women are more likely to build informal caregiving experience earlier in life through caregiving for children, men may enter eldercare with less experience managing long-term caregiving stress.”
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
They monitored 270 children and adolescents participating in the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health birth cohort.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
Karli was getting on so well with the other children by now, that often he would get down off Marlene and walk along with them, singing with them.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
