younger
['jʌŋɡər]
Definition:
1. Younger brother or sister.
2. Used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father.
'younger' example sentence:
- As a younger man Harrison was intrigued by Indian mysticism.
- I gave the younger children a start.
- He's always running after younger women.
- He had mentored scores of younger doctors.
- Smoking is becoming increasingly prevalent among younger women.
- Her husband had moved in with a younger woman.
- Younger voters are strongly pro-European.
- She resigned and handed over to one of her younger colleagues.
- There were signs of restiveness among the younger members.
- He stood down to make way for someone younger.
- I intend to rewrite the story for younger children.
- He should give way to a younger, more decisive leader.
- Hester is overshadowed by her younger and more attractive sister.
- He was a beacon of hope for the younger generation.
- He was pensioned off and his job given to a younger man.
- Tom was in some ways a younger clone of his handsome father.
- He was passed over in favour of a younger man.
- Why do police officers seem to be getting younger?
- The programme is angled towards younger viewers.
- He dispatched the younger player in straight sets.
- He launched a bitter diatribe against the younger generation.
- I was at a disadvantage compared to the younger members of the team.
- He is a model professional and an example to the younger boys.
- The band's fans are getting younger.
- Many younger people are leaving the land to find work in the cities.
- The younger teachers were considered fair game by most of the kids.
- I had supposed his wife a younger woman.
- His mother looked ten years younger in jeans and flats.
- In his younger days he played rugby for Wales.
- Bullies pick on younger children.
- When I was younger, I had romantic ideas of becoming a writer.
- This effect is particularly noticeable in younger patients.