Examples of schoolchild in a Sentence
Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
Go to Howe Caverns, the field-trip destination of every upstate New York schoolchild.
—Curbed Staff, Curbed, 22 Dec. 2023
The schoolchild innocence of the alphabet is juxtaposed with the violence and instability of the historical moment.
—Mark Nowak Anne Boyer, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
My bladder felt like an unruly schoolchild waiting for the final bell.
—Shuang Xuetao, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
Almost every schoolchild in America learns Lincoln was born in a Kentucky log cabin.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2023
Elise is far from the only schoolchild to happen upon an astonishing ancient artifact in the past few years.
—Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 May 2023
Public fear of nukes appears to have abated somewhat from the time when every schoolchild had to practice duck-and-cover drills.
—The Editors, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2020
Ask any schoolchild how many hours are in a day and the response—24—will come quick and easy.
—Camille Bromley, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2023
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Word History
1801, in the meaning defined above
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“Schoolchild.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolchild. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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