Sentence examples for childhood begin from inspiring English sources

In an echo of Robinson's own divided nature, the Stone sisters, inseparable in childhood, begin to grow apart.

Jemima's recollections of childhood begin to seem like an effort to escape rather than understand her predicament -- a refuge in an imagined past.

The rites of childhood begin before the severing of the umbilical cord, with the ceremony of jatakarman (birth), followed at a later date by namakarana (name-giving), nishkramana (the child's first view of the Sun), annaprashana (first feeding of solid food), chudakarana (first tonsure of the boy's head), and karnavedha (piercing of the ears for the wearing of ornaments).

A collection of images from childhood, beginning with a description of small children in school.

"The nightmare of my childhood" began at that point, the author later recalled.

For Mr. Reed, whose childhood began before rock, the music bred transformation, both personal and societal.

Mountfort's childhood began in comparative luxury in a house with servants in Chelsea.

Then the strange memories of my childhood began to make more sense.

Ted, prone to mental blackouts since childhood, begins to realise there are things he must remember about his past.

In the style of classic psychological case studies, the chapter on Saddam opens with a detailed portrait of the patient's miserable childhood, beginning with his prenatal history.

A long reminiscence story of the writer's childhood, beginning when he is about 7 at Orford House, a school in the country, near Wokingham, England.