How to Use childhood friend in a Sentence

childhood friend

noun
Definition of childhood friendnext
  • After Lily runs into her childhood friend (Brandon Sklenar), Ryle gets jealous, and their relationship takes a dark turn.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The show cast Khatter as the groom’s childhood friend and best man Shooter Dival despite the character being white in Hiderband’s novel.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Dear Shon, Last week, my closest childhood friend phoned me in tears out of the blue.
    — Shon Faye, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Roth penned the script with Jeff Rendell, his childhood friend.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The third victim was a childhood friend of Buonocore’s from New York.
    — Ari Schneider, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2023
  • First, Hannah was a very good childhood friend, best friends with Anne Frank.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Brooke is married to Patrick’s childhood friend Ryan Cheatham.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2024
  • The last victim to speak was Jordan Jinks, a childhood friend of Murdaugh’s.
    — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Keyes said he’s been watching flights to Vegas for a childhood friend’s wedding in late March.
    — Marnie Hunter, CNN, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Lewis first learned of Oher’s story from his childhood friend Sean Tuohy.
    — Vulture, 16 Aug. 2023
  • In Vanessa’s case, that person was a childhood friend, herself in the throes of addiction.
    — David Ovalle, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Ahead of the performance, Michael was inducted into the Rock Hall by his childhood friend and other half of Wham!
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2023
  • What follows are the exploits of a twentysomething on the rebound: the Vegas nights with Paris Hilton, the Vegas wedding to a childhood friend.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The jury heard from others that Washington was Mizell’s childhood friend and Jordan grew up across the street from Mizell.. and was his godson.
    — Bill Hochberg, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Addie Mae was a quiet girl and always walked to church with her sisters, Sharon Owens, a childhood friend of the four victims, recalled.
    — Kara Nelson, CNN, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Her childhood friend from Rome talks about her tapering and hemming jeans a certain way.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 3 May 2024
  • The caption reads that Tupac, her childhood friend, was able to dodge a bullet – implying that Will Smith was unable to.
    — Kushie Amin, refinery29.com, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Gowan has a close childhood friend who at age 20 began exhibiting signs of schizophrenia.
    — The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Months after the remains of a Schertz man were found, a Guadalupe County grand jury has indicted his childhood friend in his death.
    — Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Orange shared his Cheyenne name — Birds Singing in the Morning — and introduced a childhood friend who is traveling with him on tour.
    — Elisabeth Egan, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
  • As a girl, Ms. Hersl would carry stray animals home to feed, said Liz Flores, a childhood friend.
    — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Told with rigor and empathy, it was inspired by the true story of the director’s childhood friend.
    — Akiva Gottlieb, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The couple were trying to reassure him, said Shlomit Marciano, 25, a childhood friend of Argamani’s.
    — Susannah George, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Their wedding cake was followed by a first dance featuring a performance from a childhood friend of Schmid.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2023
  • His childhood friend, Kyrylo’s godfather, is stationed on the front line in Severodonetsk.
    — Yutao Chen, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
  • But then, Sister Amity Gay, a childhood friend with a colorful past, dies by suicide.
    — Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • He was injured in a fall from a cliff, an accident that killed his childhood friend Frederick Caldwell.
    — Sun Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Jesús had already decided to open a bakery with his childhood friend, Luis Mauricio Payares, who would run the business side.
    — Carlos Frías, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Miranda Cosgrove The iCarly star was pretty in pink in the all-important role of maid of honor for a childhood friend's May 21 nuptials.
    — Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2023
  • In the late 1980s, Damon actually shared a bank account with his childhood friend Ben Affleck, when the two were starting their careers.
    — Paige Hagy, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2023

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