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Example sentences for "whilst young"

  • He lays much stress on the fact that all wild and semi-domesticated pigs, in ploughing up the ground with their muzzles, have; whilst young, to exert the powerful muscles fixed to the hinder part of the head.

  • He lays much stress on the fact that all wild and semi-domesticated pigs, in ploughing up the ground with their muzzles, have, whilst young, to exert the powerful muscles fixed to the hinder part of the head.

  • The long, thin petioles of the leaves, whilst young, are sensitive, and when lightly rubbed bend to the rubbed side, subsequently becoming straight.

  • Those of almost all the old leaves, even when unattached to any object, are much convoluted; but this is owing to their having come, whilst young, into contact during several hours with some object subsequently removed.

  • The leaves, whilst young, are continually and spontaneously moving slowly.

  • In Pot 1 the middle plant on the crossed side was slightly injured whilst young by a blow, and was for a time beaten by its opponent, but ultimately recovered the usual superiority.

  • Generally the height of every plant on both sides was carefully measured, often more than once, namely, whilst young, sometimes again when older, and finally when fully or almost fully grown.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "whilst young" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    but just; each division; eighteen miles; few seconds; fine gold; five species; flower girl; found water; great power; high land; its head; made holy; open mouth; poem entitled; satisfactory evidence; should certainly; uterine disease; what power; whilst others; whilst speaking; whilst still; whilst the; whilst they; whilst those; would find; young poet