juvenile

Example Sentences

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His most accomplished juveniles to date include Litmus Test, recent winner of the Los Alamitos Futurity; Brant, the Del Mar Futurity winner who was third in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, and Desert Gate.

From Los Angeles Times

Across the street, Shane Honey, 56, said nearly every commercial break on the news seems to feature someone asking if he was neglected at a juvenile hall.

From Los Angeles Times

The burials were predominantly of adult males, with some juveniles and adolescents, but no females were identified.

From BBC

A director of a juvenile offenders institution, who asked to remain anonymous, said the only hope was to remove the young people from criminal environments "and take care of them".

From Barron's

Trying to shake off its association with the equal parts juvenile and vulgar “Attitude Era” of the 1990s, WWE repeatedly handed the championship belt over to a troop-respecting golden boy.

From Salon