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.
