How to Use childhood friend in a Sentence

childhood friend

noun
  • Lorey's childhood friend was killed.
    — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The singer shared how a childhood friend told her the news that Payne had died.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Your childhood friend’s feelings are hurt.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Joel then turns his focus to childhood friend Sam Olsen.
    — Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Three young people are invited to the home of a childhood friend.
    — Neil McRobert, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Sully finds an innocent sort of first love with a childhood friend.
    — Anne Kniggendorf, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2025
  • Roth penned the script with Jeff Rendell, his childhood friend.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Nov. 2023
  • One is the mother of a childhood friend who lives at the base of Tudy Creek.
    — Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 19 May 2025
  • When her childhood friend Bethany comes to visit with a new boyfriend, a volcano erupts.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Bonds, a fellow Legrand artist and childhood friend of Barge’s, loved the song.
    — Hillel Italie, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Dear Shon, Last week, my closest childhood friend phoned me in tears out of the blue.
    — Shon Faye, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Imagine winning Olympic gold with your childhood friend.
    — Sean Nevin, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Brooke is married to Patrick’s childhood friend Ryan Cheatham.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2024
  • The film opens with an adult Gordie reading about the premature death of his childhood friend.
    — Sezin Devi Koehler September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Rhaenyra doesn't know what expression to wear when looking at her former childhood friend.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • First, Hannah was a very good childhood friend, best friends with Anne Frank.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Later identifies him … as a close childhood friend.
    — Marcelena Spencer, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Meredith’s childhood friend called from their dinner table.
    — Gali Kronenberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • After Siri’s rich childhood friend posts bail, Siri and Amaya set off to find the killer.
    — Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Alysha’s childhood friend Andy introduced them.
    — Meghan O'Brien, NBC news, 7 June 2026
  • Both books have plots that follow a lead female character and her romance with her childhood friend.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC news, 21 June 2025
  • Rick and the band are playing at the reception; Danny is a childhood friend of the groom.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Her childhood friend from Rome talks about her tapering and hemming jeans a certain way.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 3 May 2024
  • But only for a moment — then Dmitri recognizes him as a childhood friend.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Kyle has a meeting with her brood to start planning for Alexia’s wedding to her childhood friend.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The third victim was a childhood friend of Buonocore’s from New York.
    — Ari Schneider, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Lewis first learned of Oher’s story from his childhood friend Sean Tuohy.
    — Vulture, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The best part was being with my oldest, best childhood friend, Kate Hudson.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Somehow his childhood friend went from gas fitter to the nation’s wealthiest man.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Now, Lorey is paying tribute to her childhood friend, years after their paths diverged.
    — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025

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