kid around

Example Sentences

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“Crypto is no longer the only cool kid around the block.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

Danvers enjoys pushing the kid around as she molds him into a – you can say it out loud– true detective.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2024

He is not the soul of patience — who could be, with such a tetchy grown kid around the house? — but he is not going anywhere.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2023

Green said he still carries that kid around with him — the boy in cubicle who guided his way through a recent trilogy of updated “Halloween” movies that surprised fans and box-office expectations alike.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023

Of course he was already a nervous wreck from being the shortest kid around, and you knew it wasn’t going to calm him down to have people holler, “Here, Fido!” or “Here, Spot!” at him.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson