as a child

idiom

: when one was a child

I went there once as a child.

Examples of as a child in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The actress explained to Washington what the land meant to her as a child. —

Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024 Cole was born in Pretoria in 1940 and started taking photographs as a child. —

Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for as a child

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