How to Use kid in a Sentence

kid

1 of 3 noun
Definition of kidnext
Synonyms for kidnext
  • He has a wife and two kids.
  • She has to leave early and pick up her kids at school.
  • I wish I could do something to help that poor kid.
  • The last two years have been tough for Sundquist’s kids.
    — Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2024
  • At least one of the bats was found in classroom with 10 kids.
    — Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Slap some life vests on those kids and go look for lily pads.
    — Victoria Barber, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2023
  • The sandals come in women’s sizes, men’s sizes, and kids’ sizes.
    — Terri Peters, Parents, 26 Mar. 2024
  • And how does Liko, who is still just a kid, deal with all that pressure?
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The bottom line is these are 18- to 22-year old kids playing ball.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2024
  • There was always something of the prep-school kid about him — combined with the rebel.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Armstrong said the squatters even nearly hit one of her kids on the street.
    — Emma Colton, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Some of the other kids that were in the movie, and some of the kids of the people who worked on the film, also did some drawings.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The bells remind kids to get home, but that’s not their main purpose.
    — Jake Adelstein, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Our school is gone, the kids’ school, and that's a huge community for me.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Expect floats, costumes, bikes and trikes, and lots of fun for kids and pets alike.
    — oregonlive, 27 June 2023
  • Listen to what your kids already do on their own to tame their screen time.
    — Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Life with kids and pets can get messy, but these days a white sofa needn’t cause fear.
    — Michelle Brunner, Washington Post, 15 June 2023
  • The prank has been performed by kids, usually pre-teens and teens, for decades.
    — Isabel Hughes, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Great high schools aren’t available to all Boston kids.
    — Deanna Pan, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
  • My question is, since none of these children are my son’s, what are these kids to ME?
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 10 July 2023
  • Are the kids and grandkids harsher with the judgement than parents?
    — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The strong power makes the vacuum great for people with young kids who like to toss pieces of food, too.
    — Lauren Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2023
  • There’s a volleyball and basketball court, along with a playground for the kids and a dog park for the pups.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Along with the casual snapshots, the two kids are seen cuddling with their mom.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
  • That the kids should be free to be able to go to school and threaten everybody and there’s no consequences to that?
    — Rob Kuznia, CNN, 10 July 2023
  • In the studies, kids played board games on average two times a week for 20 minutes each over the course of six weeks.
    — Treehugger Editors, Treehugger, 10 July 2023
  • The idea is for little kids to project jobs and stories onto a blank canvas.
    — Time, 27 June 2023
  • Minkoff agreed that kids can learn important lessons from sad films.
    — Kelly Conaboy, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Pink loves to cook with her kids and try out new dishes as a family.
    — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 27 June 2023
  • After all, the kids are wearing skate pants and listening to Deftones again!
    — Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
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kid

2 of 3 adjective
  • This has a kid-proof case that is meant for kids ages two to 10.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 21 May 2021
  • To that end, the deployment is treating the ship with kid gloves.
    — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
  • And as for the kid/senior price, 13 is Swift’s lucky number.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 31 Aug. 2023
  • And people the world over have fallen for a kid way, way ahead of his time.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 19 Feb. 2021
  • There are even kid-sized versions of the chair for sale through eBay and Walmart!
    — Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful, 10 Feb. 2021
  • To be clear, the variety of kid bikes today is a good thing.
    — Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 19 Oct. 2022
  • One way to look at this little 20-volt saw is that it’s the kid brother to the 60-volt Craftsman above.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2020
  • In fact, the actual cool-kid trend was to punk rock the forced-'fit to appear more down market.
    — Jill Kargman, Town & Country, 7 July 2021
  • Any game with the Disney logo on it needs to be kid friendly.
    — Rob Wieland, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Jaden Coleman were first cast as the kid versions of Kevin, Kate, and Randall.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 24 May 2022
  • The ages of the core cast of kid characters have steadily widened each season.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 July 2022
  • The stories of kid stars like Britney Spears and Gary Coleman are well known.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022
  • Though this is a show with a kid narrator, it’s got a lot of adult content.
    — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The stoneware mug is kid sized and decorated with red hearts.
    — Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Not every team will make a kid pitcher pay for his sins.
    — Richard Justice, Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Lyon said bent grass makes one of the most pet and kid friendly native grass lawns.
    — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2024
  • That said, even Bellocchio hasn’t found the kid actor for his film yet.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 18 May 2022
  • But pretty much everyone in the Big Ten is a kid brother to the Buckeyes.
    — Shannon Ryan, chicagotribune.com, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Freshman Nicholas Garcia is no longer the kid brother for Marmion.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2023
  • For kids not ready to ride on their own, the Thule Ridealong is a kid seat that clamps securely to the adult bike.
    — Christine Frietchen, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2020
  • Not long afterward, the cool-kid pair got to work plotting their looks for the night, both of which will be by Gucci.
    — Marley Marius, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2021
  • The two siblings volley verses, with Cee trying to keep his kid brother out of the streets.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2022
  • Many teachers opt to use kid-safe, low-odor surface cleaners for them as well.
    — Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 3 Oct. 2020
  • The show has faster and better jokes than most kid fare, and the subplots about the parents would be at home on any ABC comedy.
    — Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Less like kid actors now and more like, kid actor from Eighties or Nineties movies.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2023
  • Franklin, the Courant’s editor, had a kid brother apprenticed to him at the time – a teenager by the name of Benjamin.
    — Christian Chauret, The Conversation, 1 July 2021
  • Children will receive a kid-size face shield with Qatar’s Oryx Kids Club mascots.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2020
  • But then there's also that feeling of, how does a kid react when he's hurt or sad or in danger?
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2022
  • But the youth council isn't just a kid version of the community council.
    — Terry Demio, The Enquirer, 26 Mar. 2021
  • And Deedee is wearing that outfit throughout the movie—a kid version of Madonna’s black overalls over the t-shirt.
    — Carl Kelsch, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Feb. 2023
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kid

3 of 3 verb
  • Don't kid yourself, the pain and scars from that day were deep.
    — Matthew Brown, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2022
  • As for the Vikings, don't kid yourself, Kirk Cousins fans.
    — Mark Craig, Star Tribune, 23 Oct. 2020
  • The berg itself is about half the size of the last one, but don't kid yourself: that's still huge.
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2012
  • Just kidding, the beer was obviously the best part of the trip.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Hicks, kidding aside, is glad to see Jones back in the hitting spirit.
    — Chris Nelsen, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2019
  • Don’t kid yourself — Bortles is good enough to beat these Colts.
    — Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star, 21 Oct. 2017
  • Don’t kid yourself — this show got renewed for a third season, and by the looks of things, so will the podcast.
    — Vulture, 17 Jan. 2023
  • All kidding aside, Thomas had done it before, in the 2013 Walker Cup.
    — Brentley Romine, The Courier-Journal, 20 July 2017
  • But don't kid yourself, the car could go as high as $5 million dollars.
    — CBS News, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Doggie guardians can enjoy special drinks such as the Pink Pooch and the Salty Dog, both $7 (still, not kidding).
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2019
  • Which, back then, to kid me, carried a spooky importance.
    — T Kira Madden, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Crosby said, in case there was a doubt Subban was kidding.
    — Hemal Jhaveri, For The Win, 3 June 2017
  • People who claim to sure how the journey will go are kidding themselves.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 2 Nov. 2019
  • It’s not the end of the world, but no one should kid themselves into believing that Biden didn’t make a mistake.
    — Michael A. Cohen, The New Republic, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Weitzman isn't kidding himself that a lot of shopping venues and stores are circling the drain.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 28 June 2019
  • On Thursday, Darvish kidded that maybe his goodwill would lead to good luck.
    — Creg Stephenson, AL.com, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Then a teammate kidded him to only take layups to stay perfect.
    — Teresa M. Walker, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Don’t kid yourself, Utah can lose to Florida on Sept. 3.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Just kidding about that last thing, but there are 31 pictures in total of them doing all the other stuff.
    — Tess Koman, Cosmopolitan, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Collson, an avid cook who liked to kid and laugh, stuck firmly to her decision not to leave home, Jim said.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Judging by her most recent venture, the soon-to-be mom was not kidding around with that statement.
    — Wandera Hussein, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2018
  • At the time, Beltre was confounded by the assertion and wasn’t sure if West was kidding.
    — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 8 Aug. 2017
  • Don’t kid yourself, the Dolphins are softer than Katy Perry’s lips.
    — Orlando Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2022
  • He was known for his bold style, pop quizzes, games, dancing mailbox and kidding with colleagues.
    — Hal Boedeker, orlandosentinel.com, 4 June 2019
  • If neither hits a milestone homer the first week on the road, each could take advantage of the Giants’ new bandbox (kidding).
    — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Presumably, Clarke is kidding about getting at least some of this ink.
    — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 23 May 2018
  • All kidding aside, the New Jersey native is bursting with pride for his daughter.
    — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Someone should alert our courts that the framers were just kidding about clauses 4 and 8 of Article I, Section 8.
    — Oren Cass, National Review, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Just kidding — there's no way to let the Grammys, one of the biggest nights of the year for not only music but also for style and beauty, slip your mind.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Still, no writers are kidding themselves that the DGA’s membership will reject the deal.
    — Anonymous, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2023

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