teenager

Example Sentences

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Its recruits included Khamenei himself, who was a teenager when he enlisted toward the end of the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The court heard that he let the teenager out of the car a few moments later.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Their father, Peter Krofft, was a clock salesman and joined Sid when he was on tour as a teenager.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The Janet Jackson that “Control” unleashed on the world was a teenager shaking off the dust of two forgettable pop albums and a misguided elopement with another pop star, James DeBarge, when she was 18.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

He peeked out again just as a particularly scrawny-looking young man—little more than a teenager, really—held up a lamp and cried out, “Look at this! Good as new!”

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix