new kid on the block – English noun declension

English noun forms of new kid on the block

Noun: new kid on the block
Singularnew kid on the block
Pluralnew kids on the block

Sample Sentences

  • While the Reform Party is the new kid on the block, its members who attended its first national convention this weekend acted like delegates to any other political convention. [1996 August 19, Louis Herrink, “Chaos Ruled Convention Logistics, Delegate Finds”, in The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Virginia, page A4:]
  • In the first game, humanity was the new kid on the galactic block, struggling for respect as a freshly spacefaring species. As Commander Shepard, you discovered that not only humanity but also all intelligent life was under threat from an insecto-mechanical enemy called the Reapers. [2012 March 9, Seth Schiesel, “The Adventure Ends, So Take a Good Look”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2012, Video Game Review:]

Nouns inflected like new kid on the block

new kid in town, new kid on the block,

Etymology