youth

Definition:
1. The time of life when a person is young, especially the time before a child becomes an adult.
2. Young people collectively.
3. The time of life between childhood and maturity.
4. Early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced.
5. An early period of development.

Use 'youth' in a sentence:

• 1. A 17-year-old youth was arrested yesterday.
• 2. He joked that being good at cards was the sign of a misspent youth.
• 3. Drunken youths hang around outside looking for trouble.
• 4. She's trying to recapture her lost youth.
• 5. The music evoked memories of her youth.
• 6. In my youth my ambition had been to be an inventor.
• 7. She's not a very good influence on the youth of this country.
• 8. The youth was charged with three counts of burglary.
• 9. But there is no youth market in cars.
• 10. He was trying to recapture the happiness of his youth.
• 11. The guard put a youth in a headlock and dragged him away.
• 12. He had been a talented musician in his youth.
• 13. We had a few injuries and had to use youth team kids as subs.
• 14. He talked romantically of the past and his youth.
• 15. He represents the opinions of the youth of today.
• 16. "Psst! Come over here!" one youth hissed furtively.
• 17. The youth continued to gawk at her and did not answer.
• 18. Her thoughts wandered back to her youth.
• 19. It was like the return of his youth.
• 20. We need someone with youth, glamour and pizzazz.
• 21. Critics attacked the youth and inexperience of his staff.
• 22. He is highly regarded, but his youth might count against him.
• 23. Membership in her church youth group helped develop her political ideas.
• 24. She had taken up the cause of a generation of American youth.
• 25. I was struck by her youth and enthusiasm.
• 26. They were fine specimens of British youth!
• 27. She brings to the job a rare combination of youth and experience.
• 28. The poem contrasts youth and age.
• 29. He was sentenced to two years' youth custody.
• 30. Gangs of youths went on the rampage in the city yesterday.
• 31. The fight was started by a gang of youths.
• 32. Gangs of youths patrol the streets at night.
• 33. The wave and curl of her blonde hair gave her sensuality and youth.
• 34. In the corner, one youth sat alone, softly strumming a guitar.
• 35. All youth groups will have to affiliate to the National Youth Agency.
• 36. She realized that her youth and inexperience were being exploited.
• 37. Youth is simply an attitude of mind.
• 38. As a youth he discovered a gift for teaching.
• 39. The singer is regarded as a representative of the youth of her generation.
• 40. I used to belong to a youth club.
• 41. Youths had broken into the bar and smashed the place up.
• 42. There was a group of youths standing on the street corner.
• 43. Elvis Presley was the true begetter of modern youth culture.
• 44. The team is now a good mixture of experience and youth.
• 45. The Youth Training Scheme was operative by the end of 1983.
• 46. His mistake was due to youth and inexperience.
• 47. He seemed to pine for his lost youth.