How to Use the younger in a Sentence

the younger

noun
  • For once, the younger brother gets to be the mentor.
    — Melissa Lockard, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • Nomkhitha put the younger children back into bed.
    — Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • What has helped the younger players on this year’s team stay calm under pressure?
    — Jordan Puente, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
  • The older guys on that team knew about Fambrough, yes, but the younger ones did not.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
  • This time, Riley put the onus on the younger of his two big men — to a degree.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
  • What was the energy like on set when the younger actors were filming that scene?
    — Erin McMullen, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Lendeborg’s ceiling is not considered to be as high as some of the younger prospects in the class.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
  • Whether that resonates with the younger generations, who knows?
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
  • From the plane, the younger Einarsson watched the plume of dark smoke emerge from the endless northern seas.
    — Quanta Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • In the days, weeks and months that followed, the younger Naumov became in some ways the face of the tragedy.
    — Dave Skretta, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2026
  • In the days, weeks and months that followed, the younger Naumov became in some ways the face of the tragedy.
    — Dave Skretta, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Their dog was found alive, which gave the younger Eliezer Alfonzo hope.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • In fact, the younger Penguins very much outplayed their older teammates.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Owalas are made with stainless steel, so water stays cold for hours, and the 16-ounce size is ideal for the younger kid crowd.
    — Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Dunne was also the younger sister of two brothers, Alex and Griffin.
    — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Juliano Krue Valdi plays the younger version of Michael.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The video begins with the younger sibling sitting in a bouncer watching the television.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The older one bounces his Spalding off the brick walls; the younger one digs his fingers into the box of corn flakes for the plastic prize.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Ellen certainly has a point about the younger generation’s lack of discretion.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Gein was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 1906, as the younger of two sons.
    — Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Gein was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 1906, as the younger of two sons.
    — Jr Radcliffe, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • That game enabled the younger brother to mentally shift from a pitcher prone to walks to a pitcher who now consistently pounds the zone.
    — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 4 May 2026
  • Ament wants to be in a position to not only help people in the country now, but maybe even serve as a symbol of hope for the younger generation.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Four of the fields are used by the program’s top team, with others dedicated to the younger, developmental squads.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • McLaughlin also said the younger Bazan elbowed an officer in the face as he was detained, which the teen denies.
    — Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Was the younger Lincoln a part of material drafted for a lengthier second half of the series that got trimmed?
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
  • As of right now, the next hearing for the younger Reiner, who was in court this morning, is set for September 15.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Peyton Johnson has watched the younger Brolley make the leap in her second varsity season.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Wilkins then asked the younger woman to use her phone to take photos of him together with the 28-year-old woman, prosecutors said.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 19 May 2026
  • But who will play the younger version of future LAPD chief Irvin Irving?
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025

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