lad

Example Sentences

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In addition to being named Orson, the lad has chronic gastrointestinal distress and plays the bassoon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

They lost a high-quality academy product, a lad from Whitley Bay who came through Wallsend Boys Club.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

The lad is only 10 years old, though, so he’ll have to wait: Nobody under 12 is allowed to fly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Elliott said: "It's absolutely brilliant. It's such an honour, a lad from a council estate in Rotherham, and after all these years, getting an MBE is just such an honour. I'm very much a royalist."

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

So they turned aside and spent some hours at the fair, tethering the horses near the gate, giving a penny to a lad for watching them.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli