How to Use youth in a Sentence

youth

noun
  • She had a troubled youth.
  • He got into a lot of trouble in his youth.
  • He spent his youth in the Midwest.
  • Four youths are suspected of starting the fire.
  • Still, at times, her youth shows.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 14 Jan. 2026
  • And that’s just a part of youth.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Apr. 2026
  • That my youth wasn't my youth at all.
    — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The long hair of their youth is now gone, chopped away.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Case said of the 6-7 craze among youths.
    — Gary Bedore june 25, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
  • Wilcox will likely be used as a youth space.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Why does a youth pipeline help?
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Well, the state is the parent for these youth.
    — Sarah Healy Eagan, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
  • But the sell-off of youth sports is no surprise.
    — Chris Murphy, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
  • And her fight to protect youth is nowhere near over.
    — Parents Editors, Parents, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Enjoy those youth sports events.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • Having some youth on a team can do that, too.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Children’s/youth received one win this year.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Still, what sticks out most is the show’s treatment of youth.
    — Greta Rainbow, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
  • That's not the way to reach at-risk youth or reduce crime.
    — Geordie McClelland, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Of course, the fountain of youth is an age-old dream for our species too.
    — Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Jan. 2023
  • That’s right, crop tops don’t have to be risqué or only worn in your youth.
    — Alyssa Morin, InStyle, 14 Jan. 2026
  • That’s why nostalgia is so strong from your youth.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
  • From youth, both of them had been under the spotlight.
    — Jeff Chang september 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Bands require a lot of you—your time, your youth, your health, the very best of you.
    — Katie Gavin, Time, 8 May 2026
  • Blank played on a youth baseball team with some of his current step-cousins.
    — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
  • The program is geared toward youth 8 and up.
    — La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • My youth was my downfall, my sin love, and the go-between a snowy day.
    — Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
  • The pursuit of youth involved a lot of sham science.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
  • In this novel, the wounds of youth are carried for a lifetime.
    — Isaac Fitzgerald, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2022
  • There is our youth, searching for reasons to believe and to hope.
    — Franklin Leonard, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026

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