girl

Example Sentences

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Long before she was a world champion, she was a nine-year-old girl pretending to be a boy named Colin.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

He added that a 14-year-old girl was among 19 wounded and was in a "critical condition".

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

As a “nerdy” Asian girl coming up in a majority-white school system, Day had the persistent thought: “I’ll never be a cool kid.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

This is the modern American gothic: grainy photos taken on a MacBook of a teenage girl in a camouflage jacket, holding a gun, and posted on Tumblr.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

A girl stands on a chair behind them, filming the crazy with her phone.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam