How To Use Young In A Sentence

In her house apron and with her hair a little ruffled she looked younger, startled and then angry. THE WHITE DOVE
You would be hard pressed to find a young captain or major who hadn't flown combat sorties in the area of operations.
A great deal of the nudge-nudge wink-wink routine by the young upwardly mobile male executives was the usual response to her presence.
So I cringe when a local newsperson shoves a microphone in the face of some young 95-pound twink (Straight Translation: a twink is a skinny homosexual with a lot of moxie). Max Mutchnick: Where Is My Martin Luther Queen?
A lot of younger people sat in the aisle amid the fag ends, gum and dust.

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Brunhild, a mischievous, strong-minded goldfish (the voice of Noah Cyrus, Miley's younger sister), is determined to become a little girl when she's rescued from a jar and befriended by Sosuke (the voice of Frankie Jonas, the Jonas Brothers 'kid brother), a plucky, self-reliant 5-year-old. No Time's Right for 'Traveler's Wife'
`A lot of young ones come down with the croup from time to time. LASTING TREASURES
On his first day there he approached a couple of elegant young toffs strolling around the campus. Times, Sunday Times
One of the nastiest is the way in which male honour is seen as bound up with female behaviour so that any supposed compromise or scandal in what happens to women, even becoming a rape victim, justifies violence against them as well as against their abusers or seducers; hence the 'honour killings' of young girls that disfigure some societies even today. Temple Address: "Becoming Trustworthy: Respect and Self-Respect" Church House
She had a constant parade of young men coming to visit her.
The BBC never tires of telling us how passionately it seeks the interest and participation of the public in its political output, particularly the young.
As a young man he wrote words to popular folk airs and had them printed as broadsheets.
That proviso is a thoughtful message for young moviegoers. Disney's 'Princess and the Frog' is royally charming
a rising young politician
There have been a number of situations with the young Belgian where had he not taken evasive action he would have been clobbered. The Sun
Balboa had a reputation as a fierce and quarrelsome young man.
No, just stylish, insists G.O.D. founder and chief executive Douglas Young.
The alleged sexual and physical assault was inflicted on a young Latvian man at Station Road, Portarlington recently.
Flossing your teeth daily (or, at a pinch, using a mouthwash) can make you 6.4 years younger.
We're trying to bring along several promising young football player.
His assistant, a pretty young woman, is bright, very capable, and eager to help.
Owner Jane Organ said it was tragic for the pup to be taken from its mother at such a young age.
Young barristers undertaking publicly funded work frequently earn very little in their first years. Times, Sunday Times
Both major political parties propagate myths about young people.
He was still very young, especially by Drow standards, but his smile had given way to an expression of restraint, and his little arms and legs had grown long and thick.
A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. C.S. Lewis
The kings of the heartogram didn't fail to impress, with a diverse crowd gathered, including everyone from young punks to soccer moms and even a haggard old bat dancing around in lingerie.
His young, handsome, tonsured head was exquisitely carved in stone. The pope is coming. Liberals, be glad
In an effort to take some of the beguilement out of her young eyes, I make light of your dark and somber task.
As the old cock crows, the young (one) learns.
The young birds' mandibles begin to cross about two weeks after they fledge, and they learn to extract seeds soon after that.
Once upon a time, 12 young men were turned into swans by their wicked stepmother. Times, Sunday Times
We ended up walking the streets with our suitcases and had to spend the night in a flea-bitten youth hostel, with lots of old men and young lads.
A new law took effect last year that makes it illegal to abduct young girls and force them into marriage.
Oh, only a young lord who has lived his whole life as a ne'er-do-well. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
The fact that these rocks were not supplying detritus to the sedimentary basin is consistent with the geological observation that they always appear covered by the younger deposits, with little or no discontinuity until the Devonian.
Today's young people are said to be the most apathetic generation ever.
During the night two young partisans sat on guard at the bedroom door listening to murmured conversation. Whicker's War
Young people from welfare-dependent single-parent families just aren't artful dodgers ready to graduate into serious crime and a moral vacuum.
MacFadzean plays Richie Excellent, the young funster who wields unearned celebrity.
To himself he added, "An 'belike, if Satan takes his eye off his own, I'll put it to that young cub iv his. CHAPTER 16
Following three young people with dwarfism, with the focus on normal everyday challenges. Times, Sunday Times
He then accused the powers that be of failing to appreciate younger people's culture.
The ability to do this is greatest in the very young and diminishes gradually with age.
She soon made her first stage appearance and won second prize in a competition for the most photogenic young hopeful. Times, Sunday Times
Instead of talking about the mechanical superiority of their latest cars, manufacturers hired the sexiest, perkiest breasted young women they could find to writhe, lean and lick their lips next to their new products. Judith Acosta: How Marketers Capitalize On Your Fear: Confessions Of An Ex-Ad-Woman
Representing France, Jean-Marc Bustamante conjures a ‘Pavilion of the Amazons,’ which centers on four large color photographs of solitary, unsmiling young women standing in resolutely unpicturesque landscapes.
Dr. Kristina Durante of The University of Texas at Austin and colleagues found that young women felt more attractive when they had high levels of an estrogen known as estradiol, and they acted on those feelings. Whoar.co.nz
I joined other escaping mums - and dads and younger folk and older folk too.
That was the genesis of the cartoon, which fascinates the young and the old.
The channel's viewership is ageing, and attempts to attract younger watchers have yet to bear fruit.
Listening to this intense young man, there is little doubt he has done things the hard way; no favours doled out and none asked for.
The hard-throwing Weaver has a knack for challenging left-handed hitters in a manner that reminds me of a young Frank Tanana.
I had a strange fascination with the MGM toons when I was young, especially Droopy.
The young man works his way up to the top.
Lily : A famous land agent said that the young people shouldn't afford an apartment.
I've known Chastity since she was young, and this girl was a total tomboy.
Thomas writes colorfully of blackguards and mistresses, salty sea dogs and young midshipmen, bloody quarterdecks and Parisian salons.
Nobody, not even the young actress girlfriend of the main detective, is dressed to impress. Tin Boxes
No matter how many police raids are conducted, if we cannot guarantee their protection young victims will remain too terrified to testify against their traffickers. Times, Sunday Times
Awards provide an incentive for young people to improve their skills.
Although _Pyetushkov_ shows us, by a certain open _naïveté_ of style, that a youthful hand is at work, it is the hand of a young master, carrying out the realism of the 'forties' -- that of Gogol, Balzac, and A Desperate Character and Other Stories
We instead identified sport as a great power for good and how the Olympic rings could be a driver to help to reconnect young people with sport. Times, Sunday Times
The ink is hardly dry on young Hay's new three-year contract.
Under the current health care system, when children with type 1 diabetes become young adults, and go off their parents health insurance, they become "uninsurable". GA congressman describes hate mail, Nazi graffiti after protests
Ireland is younger, more sallow, better educated, more vibrant and more in need of joined-up thinking than ever before.
Then, suddenly, the house turned itself into a Richard Curtis film - the one in which all those hard-hearted world leaders listen to a young wee Scots lassie who tells them that, yes, they can make poverty history, now!
VSA, the organization on arts and disability, will continue its playwrighting program and its annual young soloists program. Kennedy Center offers Cate Blanchett, hip-hop, 'The Addams Family'
Consequently, Muir believes, biotech fish could quickly decimate a fish population by their increased ability to produce damaged young.
A group of promising young musicians, accompanied by Peter Duffy, played a selection of polkas, marches, and the lovely air ‘Inis Oirr’.
Scepticism failed to save her from scenting danger in the ardent courtship of a rich young Philadelphian.
Consequently, the young pig must be provided a large amount of energy from fat or carbohydrate in the colostrum in order to survive.
Young people want to play snooker and want to see it played on the biggest stage. The Sun
He discovers he is aroused by jealousy, so he encourages the young doctor to flirt with his wife.
At the beginning of summer the young steinbocks are born and during their first months they are the eagle's favourite preys.
The evidence she’d gathered at the beach had already arrived, delivered by a young tech who’d sheepishly entered the den of the legendary Lincoln Rhyme without a word and scurried about to deposit the bags and stacks of pictures as the criminalist gruffly directed. The Stone Monkey
It means more opportunities for young people to mix with those from different backgrounds. The Sun
You, young man,” she proceeded, addressing Roland Graeme, and at once softening the ironical sharpness of her manner into good-humoured raillery, “you, who are all our male attendance, from our Lord High Chamberlain down to our least galopin, follow us to prepare our court.” The Abbot
The deer brought him to where Rishyashringa was, and Vibondaka saw this shining young baby with deer horns.
It is necessary to have lived in the depths of the French provinces to form an idea of the four brutifying years which the young fellow spent in this fashion. The Fortune of the Rougons
He will have noted the height, build, and general appearance of the two men: one was fat, middle-aged, and bald and had a scar over his left eye; the other younger, fair-haired, more athletic, and had a moustache.
I wanted to know because she looked old enough to be in junior high but acted so much younger.
The Scheme originally began in 1982 when it was funded through City Planning as a training programme for young adults with disabilities.
It was thought highly inadvisable for young women to go there alone.
It is more than a decade since a coach and her young prodigy stood on a windswept Sheffield running track and envisaged the future. Times, Sunday Times
And this groove isn't merely about the young and the funky. Times, Sunday Times
I teach young gentlemen the whole art of gallanting a fan.
Morris Goldsworth came out of the central room accompanied by a well-suited, ponderous young man in his twenties, marking his catalogue. WHISTLER IN THE DARK
Her mom turned her down at first, she hadn't the money to sign her up, but Mrs Deterville, recognizing the young tyke's determination and interest told her not to bother about the cash.
Educational standards in the area are high, particularly among younger people.
The young ladies of the public relation are too inhibited to laugh freely.
A young twig is easier twisted than an old tree.
Roulston appears unruffled by the lack of attention, his concern mainly extending to getting the young interested in science and electronics, which he regards as vital for the future of the economy.
This is a comparatively extrovert third album from the talented and technically advanced young Scots harper and pianist, now sojourning in Barcelona and soaking up even more musical influences.
I understand that there is a huge upswing in the sales of hair colourants, especially for the younger girls and boys.
The photographs of black cotton pickers, including young children, are reminders of the harsh reality underlying the glory.
Anyone proposing such a project, which in effect aims to politicize young people, is inevitably warily received and closely scrutinized.
As a young man he took well to the Epicurean view of freedom and independence of spirit, though this led him into the alley of atheism.
Unlike the phrenologists of the 19th century, DeYoung's team doesn't presume to know whether differences in the size of a brain region give rise to unique personality characteristics, or whether our personality differences cause our brains to develop in unique ways - say, that when we practice random acts of kindness, our "agreeableness" center grows larger, or that a lifetime of social isolation might cause a region associated with The Columbian stories: Columns
A young sea captain's future is transformed as he encounters mutiny, adventure and a beautiful fugitive in this romantic thriller set during an epic voyage to Shanghai.
Spring brings elderflower, young nettles. Times, Sunday Times
A chance conversation led to a brilliant new career for the young catering student.
A young girl and her little brother were seriously hurt when a car ploughed into them on a crossing.
Were Medicare abolished, the nonpoor would finance health care in their old age by buying health insurance when they were young. Becker and Posner vs. Medicare, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
The judge was also shown sharpened branches and wood used to torment the youngsters. The Sun
‘I try to write songs that people can find something to relate to - I'm more Neil Young than Will Young,’ he jested.
The evening takes the form of a memory play told by the elderly Kat, now a shoeshine boy working the streets, who looks back at his younger self.
Traditionally young Asians in Britain have gravitated towards medicine, law and engineering.
In Mr. Barthel's homeland, nudism had taken root among young people as an expression of physical fitness and harmony with nature. Wearing Only a Smile, Nudists Seek Out the Young and the Naked
Scamp had an airtight alibi, naturally, but then again young Leakey never said who exactly had done it.
The youngest of the three had started snivelling.
The Year 9 mentors are trained by children's charity Childline and run lunchtime support clubs as well as a drop-in centre where younger students can call in for advice or help.
To lose him so young, so suddenly and in such a savage way is a devastating shock to our family.
I am compelled to add my personal plea to the current campaign for all young adults to receive the Salk vaccine.
It was in that moment that several emotions flickered across the young girl's face.
Everyone stared at her as the young woman strutted into the room, fingering a spaghetti strap of her red minidress with plunging neckline.
Die young, and I shall accept your death- but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all. Napoleon Bonaparte
Not only are policemen getting younger, but people are living longer - ten years more on average than a generation ago.
They knew they had to act fast to save this young man's life.
Perhaps you can entreat some strapping young lad into educating you in the ways of the world.
I realized that I didn't want to cease my 'night-owlery' because I didn't want to … er, stop being young. Through The Illusion
She looks a smart young filly. The Sun
In the seven games that they won the young squad travelled thousands of kilometres, lording it over 191 other contesting schools.
These conditions are challenging - retaining acidity and preventing sunburnt fruit are two of the main problems - but the abundance of very young vines is still a huge factor limiting the overall quality.
Linda said changing three sets of nappies, putting a trio of youngsters through school and dealing with triple helpings of teenage tantrums had not always been easy.
The young woman wore dark leathers, much as the old tapestries depicted the Harshini. TREASON KEEP
I couldn't swear to it, what with scissors snipping and buzzers buzzing, but I think the young lad was asking his dad why you still needed a haircut when you were going bald.
And if that doesn't make you happy, there's always Sabrina's story of organizing young women dancers to go on strike against an MTV sexploitation video.
All seven characters are drawn with illuminating detail and superbly played by an outstanding young company.
A conflict may arise between the pressure to prepare young people for independent living, and their continued need for support.
While it is true that the Hogwarts tales are supposed to appeal to young readers, personnel at bookstalls say that there is no dearth of adult readers who cannot wait to see what Rowling has in store in the new book.
There was a major upset when the young skater took the gold medal.
Over the years, I'd gone from what I fondly imagined to be a switched-on, youngish-minded mum to a rancid, middle-aged harridan, glaring at shrieking texting huddles in the street – youngsters I didn't even know, but would consider lightly birching. It's all too easy to hate teens – try a little love instead | Barbara Ellen
The now not-so-young British artist is best known for his macabre installations, business savvy and yobbish personality. Damien Hirst's Birthday: June 7 (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Frondeur, young Darpent, whom our brother had the folly to introduce into the family. ' Stray Pearls
Old dandies with creaking joints tottered along Piccadilly to their certain doom; young clerks in the city, explaining that they wished to attend their aunt's funeral, crowded the omnibuses for Kensington and were seen no more; while my mother tells me that excursion trains from the country were arriving at the principal stations throughout the day, bearing huge loads of provincial inamorati. The War of the Wenuses
He looked young, dark and sharp-featured, with hollow cheeks.
I think the younger generation have obtained from somewhere or other the impression that I am uncool.
Success has come so naturally that the young Italian exudes an innate, unquestioned belief in his own talents.
The young man — fortified as he was by a natural cynical pride and passionateness — winced at this unexpected reply, notwithstanding. A Changed Man
Such quackeries do not make old people young and ugly girls pretty.
Years later, after their defeat, they finally understood how far from international norms they were and saw a change in the youngest element of their society, so they began a counterpropaganda campaign. The Coming Revolution
After initially dismissing the likelihood that consumers would "cut the cord" by turning off their pay-TV subscriptions, media executives are starting to acknowledge the need to sell smaller bundles of TV to lure younger, and more cost-conscious consumers. Cable-TV Honchos Cry Foul Over Soaring Cost of ESPN
Building cardboard cut-outs into flesh-and-blood characters is a worthy endeavour, but Joe as the ageing Lothario and KC as the young stud doesn't do it.
To the front and rear of the house are lawns and shrubberies, but the grounds also contain two acres of young trees, a wildlife pond, mature woodland and banks of rhododendrons.
But it was the bowler's general bearing and neatness which charmed the young writer almost as much as the name he'd been seeking for his newly conceived character of a gentleman's gentleman. From Jeeves to Herriot: all creatures great and sporty | Frank Keating
When that course entails the social regulation of her sexual life in reproduction, the young woman's entry into intellectual life will necessarily be seen as transgressive.
Last evening I had a note from Marion and she says they had a most delightful time at the Encaenia and spoke of two young gentlemen who graduated with the highest honors. Marguerite Verne
He enlisted in the Army in 1980 and was first assigned as a young private as a supply clerk in Germany.
The general thrust of these stories was that of some handsome, dashing and very young aviator who had a Parisian girlfriend, and between the two there is a torrid love interest.
And a younger, sprier Edwards fearlessly taunted his tormentor, U.S. Attorney John Volz, once rising to his feet for a toast in a French Quarter bar while trilling, “When my moods are over, and my time has come to pass, I hope they bury me upside down, so Volz can kiss my ass.” FLY FISHING WITH DARTH VADER
They are demeaning the quality of public discourse, and setting an appalling example to young people. Times, Sunday Times
The young man worked hard in emulation of his famous father.
Young axes have higher values of structural Young's modulus than do older stages and this is reflected by the presence of fibre tissues, primary phloem fibres and collenchyma placed near the periphery of young axes.
She was exceedingly beautiful, fully grown yet young still, and in her eyes was a depth and maturity that never ceased to captivate the looker.
I am not suggesting in this article that young wingmen should never fly with 2,000-hour instructor pilots.
Mothers dropped off their young sons for the first term with a perfunctory peck on the cheek. Times, Sunday Times
Millions of young, often well educated people are unemployed and face a bleak future.
Young White House officials were giddy with excitement. Times, Sunday Times
The act of supplying the young plants with these is called inoculation, and may be done in the following ways: From Captivity to Fame or The Life of George Washington Carver
This induced those airs, and a love to those diversions, which make a young widow, of so lively a turn, the unfittest tutoress in the world, even to her own daughter. Clarissa Harlowe
At first she wanted to punch the nurse and storm off - how dare the young upstart speak to her like that?
The seven young musicians play an exciting assortment of instruments including bodhran, accordion, bouzouki, guitar, bass, fiddle, Asturian bagpipes and flute.
Increased exposure and professionalism have dovetailed to produce bona fide stars—people young players can identify with—not least among them England's hard-hitting batter Claire Taylor. Women's Cricket Scores With Investment, Interest
He was frequently drunk and died when she was young. Times, Sunday Times
This one person is the lone voice for the young people of this land.
Millner, keenly aware that an aromatic savarin au rhum was describing an arc behind his head previous to being rushed back to the pantry under young Draper's indifferent eye, stiffened himself against this last assault of the enemy, and read out firmly: "What relation do you consider that a man's business conduct should bear to his religious and domestic life? The Blond Beast
Despite their fishlike exteriors, ichthyosaurs had to surface to breathe air and they gave birth to live young.
Young footballers who copy the bad behaviour of their professional heroes are receiving adult-size bans.
Think of it as a treasure trove for the best pieces by young and up-and-coming designers. Times, Sunday Times
I was glad to meet Alan Savory, the opposition spokesman - a young, cool customer, dark and striking.
'Sooner or later the young gadabouts will settle down to a more sane level of sartorial elegance. Times, Sunday Times
The young animals were bounding about the field.
For many young men, this would be a licence to indulge in debauchery, but Richie was a sensitive soul.
His name was James and he was younger than me...perhaps by a year. *cue cradle-snatching jokes* He was my friend's cousin, and I remember thinking he was gorgeous when I first met him. Archive 2010-07-01
Lively, pretty, and pleasure-loving, Carie had married the saintly younger brother of the minister in her hometown of Hillsboro, West Virginia, because he was preparing to go as a missionary to China, and she wanted to give herself to God. PEARL BUCK IN CHINA
Small wonder younger people are so disinterested in serving the community.
It had been a cold wet summer; he was 'feart' the owners would think he might have taken more care of some of the animals, especially of the young horses, and he mentioned certain ailments springing from damp and exposure for which he might be held responsible. The History of David Grieve
Meanwhile, a minister yesterday said schools, colleges and universities must play their part in deterring young people from turning to extremism…
Ruddy-faced Frank, looking far younger than his 90 years, recalls how he worked with teams of Clydesdale horses, sometimes in pairs and threes for ploughing.
When you young daters are considering a long-term commitment, you have to get to know the parents.
His golden eyes glinted as he suddenly moved trough the crowd with lightning speed and grabbed a young boy by the collar.
Her GP and the young person 's mental health team are trying to help her. The Sun
However, he conceded that the Government was yet to get a handle on the situation, as younger offenders were getting their hands on illegal guns.
We have known a male mierkat so assiduous in feeding young that were quite unrelated to himself, taking to them every morsel of food given him, that we have been compelled to shut him up in a room alone when feeding him, to prevent his starving himself to death: the male mierkat thus exhibiting exactly those psychic qualities which are generally regarded as peculiarly feminine; the females, on the other hand, being far more pugnacious towards each other than are the males. Woman and Labour
The TB vaccine is good at protecting against the severe form of disease found in young children (called "miliary" TB), but not as good at protecting against the lung infection commonly found in adolescents and adults. Tuberculosis Vaccine
We can ourselves bear witness to the "hardness of the pavement" below, which Captain Wentworth feared would cause "too great a jar" when he urged the young lady to desist from the fatal leap. Jane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends
He is the embodiment of the young successful businessman.
This is a particularly sweeping comment in the scenester world, where trends live fast and die young. Globe and Mail
Later she took the impenitent young 'duffer' a tea cunningly designed to appeal to his rebellious heart, and spread it neatly on the big dimity-covered box in his bedroom; but Dick was implacable. The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy
The teenage years cover a period in which young women and men mature physically, intellectually and emotionally.
I think we can eliminate blacks, women, and the younger voter from our enquiries.
Vary the story to take in the white collar worker, the ice man let out with the coming of the frigidaire, the clerk displaced for the young graduate, vary it to include, if you will, the "chiseller" and the exploiter, but remembering that suffering, need, idleness and despair play their own part in turning the man who cannot work into the man who will not work. Canada's Problems in Relief and Assistance
We do our young people a great disservice by not teaching languages in a more rigorous, consistent and inspired fashion. Times, Sunday Times
The young men tried to enter a nightclub but were refused admission .
It shows that young people are industrious and inspired. Times, Sunday Times
Then he turned back to the rich young patricians who were all laughing at her expense.
In the countryside, on the contrary, more hands were needed to work the fields in grain-growing regions, and males contracted marriages at younger ages to increase the rural labour supply.
Recently, it has been shown that young Citrus fruitlets are able to synthesize ethylene in a manner that resembles the system II pathway of the climacteric fruits.
The council wanted a handy city centre venue where younger mums could share a coffee and discuss matters with other people facing similar challenges.

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