lad

Example Sentences

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It spanned styles, backgrounds and generations - from local lad Max Jones getting the party started on the Introducing stage to Fatboy Slim finishing it on the main one.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

I've been around barbecues, been in the pubs watching as a young lad, and there's nothing better than having that opportunity to play in them.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

A local lad, with the world at his feet, committed to Old Trafford for another five years.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

“It’s not because I’m a lad that they let me keep my boots,” he said, with just as much outrage in his voice as I must have had in mine.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein