YOUNG in a Sentence

Learn YOUNG from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
404 example sentences for YOUNG, such as:
1. They're a pair of young Satans.
2. An she was such a pretty young thing.
3. When I was young, I admired clever people.
4. A young man married is a man that's marred.
5. Peer pressure is strong among young people.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of YOUNG
young
 a.  not tried or tested by experience
 a.  being in its early stage
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  I was learned that by a young lady I was gardener to.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
2  The Someone was crying in that room, and it was quite a young Someone.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
3  "At you two young ones," said the nurse.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
4  "Fresh air won't tire me," said the young Rajah.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
5  The young Rajah was neither in bed nor on his sofa.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
6  "Mrs. Craven was a very lovely young lady," he had gone on rather hesitatingly.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
7  An she was such a pretty young thing.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
8  They're two young uns growin fast, an health's comin back to both of em.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
9  They're a pair of young Satans.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
10  When young things begin to gain health they gain it rapidly.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
11  Mary knew the fair young man who looked like a boy.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
12  She had heard that he was a very young officer who had just come from England.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
13  "Awfully," the young man answered in a trembling voice.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
14  It was a wild night for homeless young heads to be out in.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
15  The young man whose name was Barney looked at her very sadly.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  In many societies, young people are formally initiated into their adult roles.
2  Their brief is to undertake outreach work aimed at young African Caribbeans on the estate.
3  It is a tradition that the young look after the old in their family.
4  He's not competent to look after young children.
5  But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age.
6  A young man married is a man that's marred.
7  It was thought highly inadvisable for young women to go there alone.
8  Alex is too young to be already thinking of herself as an old maid.
9  When I was young, I admired clever people.
10  Peer pressure is strong among young people.
11  I admired the creativity which prevailed among the young writers.
12  It tells the story of an aspiring young man's attempt to rise above the squalor of the street.
13  Of young men die many, of old men escape not any.
14  A lot of young people apply for jobs on spec.
15  Ever since their argument, the master has been making it hot for the young teacher.