Sentence with young
Young Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1 of 2
ˈyəŋ
1
a
: being in the first or an early stage of life, growth, or development
b
: junior sense 1a
c
: of an early, tender, or desirable age for use as food or drink
fresh young lamb
a young wine
2
: having little experience
3
a
: recently come into being : new
a young publishing company
b
: youthful sense 5
4
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of youth or a young person
young at heart
5
capitalized : representing a new or rejuvenated especially political group or movement
youngish
ˈyəŋ-ish
adjective
youngness
ˈyəŋ-nəs
noun
young
2 of 2
1
plural
a
: young persons : youth
b
: immature offspring
—used especially of animals
2
: a single recently born or hatched animal
Phrases
with young
of a female animal
: pregnant
Synonyms
Adjective
- adolescent
- immature
- juvenile
- youngish
- youthful
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Example Sentences
Adjective He looks young for his age. A very nice young man greeted us at the door.
Young people today have a lot of opportunities. He dreamed of being an artist when he was young. The movie isn't suitable for young viewers. He's still too young to buy alcohol legally. Our youngest daughter just started school. “When I was young,” the man said, “the world was a different place.
” The season is still young. Noun music that appeals to the young The very young and the elderly are particularly sensitive to the disease. a robin feeding her young The young of a wolf are called pups.
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McCall noticed the suspect profiles in the international and domestic cases were similar: young, disaffected men. —James Verini, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023 An attraction is subtly evident at first but gradually intensifies as the two young men share their thoughts about literature and life. —Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2023 As Sikandar Najib stands to leave the Prime Steakhouse in Kabul’s Majid Mall, two young men sipping coffees stop him to ask for a selfie.
—WIRED, 6 Feb. 2023 Most of the victims those years were young Black men. —Gary Fields, ajc, 4 Feb. 2023 Some claims about those who’ve suffered heart issues also weaponize a kernel of truth — that COVID-19 vaccines can cause rare heart inflammation issues, myocarditis or pericarditis, especially in young men. —Angelo Fichera, BostonGlobe.com
, 4 Feb. 2023 Among the other young men, whom Mr. Perel described as friends, he was known as Josef, or Jupp. —Emily Langer, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2023 Some claims about those who’ve suffered heart issues also weaponize a kernel of truth — that COVID-19 vaccines can cause rare heart inflammation issues, myocarditis or pericarditis, especially in young men.
—Angelo Fichera, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2023 Some claims about those who’ve suffered heart issues also weaponize a kernel of truth — that COVID-19 vaccines can cause rare heart inflammation issues, myocarditis or pericarditis, especially in young men. —Ali Swenson And Angelo Fichera, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2023
Neighboring wasp queens like to visit an unguarded nest, snatch a baby from its cell, and bring it home to carve up and feed to their own young. —Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr.
2015 Back in 2004, while promoting Man on Fire, Washington praised Fanning and her acting skills, even at that young of an age. —Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2022 Janet Leigh plays a Phoenix secretary who embezzles $40,000 from her employer’s client and goes on the run before checking into a remote motel run by a mysterious
young. —Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 26 Sep. 2022 Way back in 2004, while promoting Man on Fire, Washington praised Fanning and her acting skills, even at that young of an age. —Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 16 June 2022 In the late 1970s, Jane Goodall’s research on chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania, showed that infanticide wasn’t only a male prerogative: The mother-daughter pair Pom and Passion also attacked the young of others, and ate them.
—Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 6 May 2022 Except that the young of any dairy cow is taken from the mother almost immediately. —Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 11 May 2022 Male chimps at West African sites have also been seen adopting the dependent young of a deceased or missing parent, a shouldering of fatherly duty at odds with newborn killings witnessed elsewhere. —Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 6 May 2022 When successful, the male lions will even kill the young of their predecessors to bring the females into heat to rear their own offspring. —Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022 See More
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Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English yong, from Old English geong; akin to Old High German jung young, Latin juvenis
First Known Use
Adjective
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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young
1 of 2 adjective
ˈyəŋ
1
a
: being in the early stage of life, growth, or development
b
: junior entry 1 sense 1a
2
: lacking in experience
3
: recently come into being : new
young rock strata
4
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of youth or a young person
young at heart
youngness
ˈyəŋ-nəs
noun
young
2 of 2 noun plural
1
: young persons : youth
music that appeals to the young
2
: immature or recently born offspring
a bear and her young
Medical Definition
young
noun
ˈyəŋ
1
: immature offspring
—used especially of animals
2
: a single recently born or hatched animal
Biographical Definition
Young 1 of 6
biographical name (1)
ˈyəŋ
Andrew Jackson, Jr.
1932– U.S. ambassador to U.N. (1977–79)
Young
2 of 6
biographical name (2)
Brig*ham ˈbri-gəm 1801–1877 American Mormon leader
Young
3 of 6
biographical name (3)
Cy originally Denton True Young 1867–1955 American baseball player
Young
4 of 6
biographical name (4)
Michael W(arren) 1949– American geneticist
Young
5 of 6
biographical name (5)
Owen D.
1874–1962 American lawyer
Young
6 of 6
biographical name (6)
Whitney Moore 1921–1971 American civil rights leader
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Sentence with the word "young"
1
This is also a young question, dear reader, very young , but God bless you more often!
2
“Be so kind as to say: how often does young people come here - yes: young people?”
Petersburg, Andrey Bely
3
Everyone dreamed of me: Aleko, young gypsies - “Where, handsome young ?
Asya. The day before (collection), Ivan Turgenev, 2012
4
Ah, young man , young man how careless you are!
Parisian secrets.
Volume 1, Eugene Xu, 1843
5
He was the youngest youngest canon in the diocese.
Young years. Shannon's Way, Archibald Cronin, 1944-1948
6
Here are young - young , but he understands football, - the member of the board immediately turned to Fedor Petrovich, who had become kinder.
How we did not become a gang, Gleb Cherkasov, 2020
7
Only, here, you, you are my escape young , young vine, here, and I feel sorry for you ...
Thunderstorm of Byzantium, Alexander Krasnitsky, 1898
8
Thank you, young man answered, and the young woman hurriedly took him away, because the blind man inspired fear in her.
Blind Jeronimo and his brother Arthur Schnitzler
9
Adolescent to adolescent, young to young .
Alchemist. Novels and stories, Igor Agafonov
10
young male and very young female.
Keep the compass for yourself, Petr Alshevsky
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It is well known that in a Russian wedding the groom is " young prince", and the bride is " young princess.
The origins of the folklore of the Russian North, Svetlana Vasilievna Zharnikova
12
Among the household of the princess was the young butler's widow Uliana Berestova, sick with consumption, a beautiful young woman with her daughter Tanya.
Daughter of the Great Peter, Nikolai Heinze, 1913
13
But does the young girl think of female friendship when she thinks of love, and does the young girl think of anything other than love?
Living about living (Voloshin), Marina Tsvetaeva, 1932
14
What a young she was, - from an old faded photograph, a young beautiful girl looked at Baba Lyuba.
We are alone in the whole world, Svetlana Gagarina, 2014
15
young or very very young ?
Breathing.
Book two, Efim Bershadsky, 2018
16
Every young , young , young , bloody hunger in the stomach ...
Star ticket (collection), Vasily Aksenov
17
He looked admiringly into the face of some young woman, found that she was not so young , and quickly looked away.
Looped, John Galsworthy, 1920
18
No new people, no young pen, not even young bitterness…
Charles Demailly, Edmond Goncourt, 1860
19
Only five people: the driver plus the guard and one and only young officer in front, and two more behind, both are still younger than .
Autumn, Ali Smith, 2016
20
Young man , if it's not difficult for you, remind me what century we are in, a foreign blonde asked the young man from the local prosperous people.
Stories for adults and not so, Vyacheslav Orlov
21
Until her death, this woman looked young and beautiful, younger than her king, although she was twenty years older than Henry.
Colonel, you're crazy, Lyudmila Rzhevskaya
22
One day wolves attacked the flock, and young dog, instead of interceding for young shepherd, rushed to run away, tail between his legs.
Shards of life. Collection of miniatures, Alexandra Ilyina
23
"You must suffer, young people, suffer before you write," Dostoevsky said to the young Merezhkovsky.
Accumulated surprise, Vladimir Daragan
24
At first he tried to live in two houses, trying to figure out how to arrange a family life if you do not have time to marry young as another 9 grows up0006 is younger than .
Life measurements. About life without lies, Lyudmila Tabakova
25
You are young just starting to live, you will have friends, you will get married - a young wife will replace you and your mother, and that’s all .
..
An ordinary story, Ivan Goncharov, 1846.
26
Soon the Seven Years' War began, the young Prince Zaborovsky hurried under the banner of Apraksin, leaving his young wife in Zaborye .
Princess Tarakanova and Princess Vladimirskaya (collection), Pavel Melnikov-Pechersky
27
The young voices of the Cossacks were filled with a cheerful song, and one of them stood out with sharp force young voice.
Complete works. Volume 6. Cossacks, Leo Tolstoy, 1852-1862
28
There is nothing strange in the fact that the young official Leonty Vasilyevich Elnitsky fell in love with the young petty-bourgeois girl Zoya Ilyina.
The queen of kisses. Tales for adults, Fedor Sologub
29
They competed in one case, which the committee " Young Italy" finally entrusted to Bolla, considering Arthur too young and inexperienced.
Gadfly, Ethel Lilian Voynich, 1897
thirty
In this house lives young much younger than her, a beautiful but capricious woman.
The story of my brother, Zulfyu Livaneli, 2013
31
Young , much younger than .
Silver Road by Stina Jackson, 2018
32
Young , a beautiful, dear woman Nina drives a young , a beautiful, expensive car.
Chronicle No. 13 (collection), Alexey Slapovsky, 2014
33
Give everyone young and strong, and he is no longer young falcon!
There is no story more beautiful in the world than the story of Romeo and Juliet, Galina Danilova, 2015
34
Mature, prettier, - at these words young woman spread her arms to the sides, as if about to hug young man .
Scolopendra bite, Alexandra Strelnikova, 2016
35
And the young boyar, adjusting his long soft shirt behind a braided belt, entered the tower and stared in astonishment at the young boyar.
Labyrinths of times, Olga Shulga-Strashnaya, 2015
36
Young specialist , so you know the difference between young specialist and old specialist?
School for a fool, Ak - Patr Alibabaevich Chugashvili, 2017
37
Draw conclusions: you young , and young is never too late to change your fate.
Numismatist. Roman, Artur Oleinikov
38
This young young man was not attractive, but young woman was interested in something.
Women's dreams, Albert Raven
39
Children of young nobles or already young proletarian intelligentsia want to overthrow: the first the tsar, and the second the general secretary.
Remid. State worker, Almaz Braev
40
Probably, in the time of Pushkin the forest was young , and the sticky trees were young , and there was more sun.
My boundless Rus', Alexander Fedorovich Chebykin, 2008
41
And only up close, looking into her face, many understood that " young is not at all young ".
Return of the angel. Women's prose, Irina Bukharina
42
Between the last there were many very, very young beings in which young life looked greedily through lowered eyes.
Nowhere, Nikolai Leskov, 1864
43
The young mistress was as happy as ever, and beamed with her young happiness.
Bread, Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, 1895
44
From the movement of her lorgnette it was easy to conclude that young woman could tell a lot about young people with the loudest names;
Lady with camellias, Alexandre Dumas son, 1852
45
Soul young - young eyes, and kilograms are not important.
Top 10, or Men of My Dreams, T.
A. Ogorodnikova, 2008
46
young probably young dark hair, thick sloppy hair thrown back casually.
A golden cloud spent the night, Anatoly Pristavkin, 1987
47
He is already over sixty, but he is in every sense younger than young .
Beloved favorite, Evgeny Maurin, 1899
48
She is young , and you yourself, Alyosha, are no longer young and not handsome.
Stories. Tales. 1894-1897, Anton Chekhov
49
You are young , he said, I am not young .
Complete works. Volume 5. Works 1856-1859years, Leo Tolstoy, 1856-1859
50
When he was young and whether he was ever young no one knew.
Rurik the Viking (collection), Alexander Krasnitsky, 2014
51
It happened many years ago when I was young daring and resourceful, but the main thing is young .
Dream Island. Selected prose, Eldar Ahadov
52
You are really very young , Victor - very young !
Find yourself. Translation from German by Ludmila Sharova, Hedwig Schobert
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Sentence with the word "young"
1
Of course, I was very surprised when these young - too young people - came to the church and announced that they wanted to get married.
The Witch of Portobello, Paulo Coelho, 2006
2
Both of us were young , beautiful, we met in a circle, which was then attended by many young people .
Earth from the Sin Desert, Lyudmila Kol, 2012
3
Young and old, men and women, among whom were with and without families, including single young women, as a rule already with children.
Essays, stories, novels, Vlad Rivlin
4
Young , in high spirits, ran fast, like young moose, they even talked on the go.
We are geologists, Oleg Lopatin
5
Young girls, stupid young girls can't cum out of love.
Water dance, Sergey Kuznetsov, 2005–2009
6
So, three young women in their early twenties, plus young people of about the same age who they like, who like them, who…
7
young people, very young people, people so young that the question arises whether or not they have reached adulthood?
House at Ollington, Anthony Trollope, 1864
8
Soul young - young eyes, and kilograms are not important.
Top 10, or Men of My Dreams, T. A. Ogorodnikova, 2008
9
Hard labor was given to men more difficult, and they rarely fell into it young - and the women were mainly young .
Gold, Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, 1892
10
The young voices of the Cossacks were filled with a merry song, and one young voice stood out with sharp force.
Complete works. Volume 6. Cossacks, Leo Tolstoy, 1852-1862
eleven
she met with young people called from the row where men and young people were standing, as if they were going to dance.
Hotel New Hampshire, John Irving, 1981
12
Parents presented young with a ticket for a twelve-day boat excursion, and young sailed on a honeymoon trip.
Mailbox, Mikhail Lifshits
13
The orderly held his breath: he was from young , and young constantly want to eat;
Three novels and the first twenty-six stories (collection), Mikhail Veller
14
True, among the seemingly endless crowd of young old people, there were really young people, and even children.
No, Viktor Popov
15
Probably, in the time of Pushkin the forest was young , and the sticky trees were young , and there was more sun.
My boundless Rus', Alexander Fedorovich Chebykin, 2008
16
This sets up young people for easy relationships with such women, and in the end, young people are looking for new experiences.
Russian break, Valery Osinsky
17
Among the household of the princess was the young butler's widow Uliana Berestova, sick with consumption, a beautiful young woman with her daughter Tanya.
Daughter of the Great Peter, Nikolai Heinze, 1913
18
But does the young girl think of female friendship when she thinks of love, and does the young girl think of anything other than love?
Living about living (Voloshin), Marina Tsvetaeva, 1932
19
What a young she was, - from an old faded photograph, a young beautiful girl looked at Baba Lyuba.
And we are alone in the whole world, Svetlana Gagarina, 2014
20
young or very very young ?
Breathing. Book two, Efim Bershadsky, 2018
21
Gloves are talked about in the best societies between the weather and the theater, ladies talk, countesses talk, princesses talk, young and old, and more than young .
The story of two galoshes, Vladimir Sollogub
22
And in order to entertain young , young knights came to the groom, young girls came to the bride.
The scourge of God.
God's sign (collection), Ivan Kondratiev, 1896
23
Young and not quite young women, in clothes that bared their necks and arms, and almost their breasts, circled in the arms of men in bright uniforms.
Hadji Murad, Leo Tolstoy, 2020
24
They were either young , very young people rushing past with a businesslike air, holding a sheet of paper in their hands, quivering from their fast running;
Dear friend, Guy de Maupassant, 1885
25
The bare desert and its own young eyes searching for signs of life, young eyes, young face, young body… .
26
Yes, and two young , for him young , women.
Love. Damn. Love, Julius Krelin, 2013
27
Young and not so young actresses did not take their eyes off Ivan.
Atyashevo Syndrome, Oleg Roy, 2017
28
Weddings were rare: young and not very young "converged" without unnecessary ceremony.
Moonfall Day, Natasha Trush
29
In the East only young and very young girls are highly valued.
Twoker. Ironic stories from the life of an officer. Book 2, Iskandar Burnashev, 2016
thirty
young stood under the Chuppah, signed young ktubu and without lying down in the matrimonial bed went to the groom's homeland, it seems, to Vilna, just like you.
Non-fictional stories and short stories. Stories. Miniatures, Savely Barger
31
We need more than just new young gymnasts , but also promising young coaches .
Two Homelands, Georgy Bogach, 2016
32
In the gym of the Hercules complex young and not so young people in white kimonos practiced karate.
Dead leaf festival. Film novellas, Igor Terekhov
33
Young , after graduating from the institute, began to work as young specialists and faced great difficulties in family and daily life.
Non-fictional stories, Galust Mnatsakanyan
34
Then he had numerous women: young , not too young , and his peers.
Perpendicular time, Mark Rabinovich
35
He, in a dirty raincoat, with his head uncovered (he held his cap in his hand), stood at the britzka, on which two young women loaded stuffed bags with something.
Eternal call. Volume 2, Anatoly Ivanov, 1976
36
A few minutes later, a heavy tank, crushing young trees , ran out onto the road.
Eternal call. Volume 2, Anatoly Ivanov, 1976
37
In the vestibule of young people met the doctor returning from the countess.
Rekensteins, Vera Ivanovna Kryzhanovskaya-Rochester, 1894
38
she could no longer leave, because young people noticed her and hurriedly got up.
Rekensteins, Vera Ivanovna Kryzhanovskaya-Rochester, 1894
39
As a rule, young people were not shy about being late for the outpost, but went right there to the country gerberg and spent the night there until morning;
Duke's Secret, Mikhail Volkonsky, 1912y.
40
Two other French women, young Lucy and Marie, ran a "French Patisserie" on the main street of the city.
Blue distances of Asia, Vasily Yan
41
Next to or in separate cavalcades, young officers and officials in white tunics and caps prancing on horseback, also trying to outrun each other.
Blue distances of Asia, Vasily Yan
42
Young merry fighters, with sunburned faces, were shaking along the dusty road on their limbers, laughing and exchanging jokes.
In the trenches of Stalingrad, Viktor Nekrasov, 1946
43
All young people, and all dressed very modestly.
Heart of a dog, Mikhail Bulgakov, 1925
44
Dressed in whatever they could, the young and the elderly were walking, turning away from the wind with a frenzy.
Going through the torments. Book 3. Gloomy morning, Alexei Tolstoy, 1941
45
Zorn's patients were to be surrounded only by friendly young faces.
The man who found his face, Alexander Belyaev, 1940
46
Young couples danced in the middle of the deck.
Miraculous eye, Alexander Belyaev, 1935
47
And immediately he drew into the yoke of that quiet, laboring life that he lived here in young years, which the Galileans lived around him.
The Gospel of Thomas, Ivan Nazhivin, 1933
48
On the other hand, young , fresh forces, wasted without support, and it's in the thousands, and it's everywhere!
Crime and punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1866
49
Then young voices were heard, ringing laughter and a song gradually dying away in the distance.
Youth of the commander, Vasily Yan, 1952
50
She was in love with her brother, as only absent brothers can fall in love young exalted girls.
Sanin, Mikhail Petrovich Artsybashev, born in 1907
51
And at night he dreamed of voluptuous and sunny pictures, young and beautiful women.
