teenager

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Jesse Kardon has come a long way from his days as a teenager messing around with Ableton in his bedroom.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 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

But nearly three decades after first bursting onto the scene as a teenager, Rose is experiencing an unlikely late-career renaissance that defies all conventional wisdom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

I’d been just a teenager when Dr. Claytor had first told me that I would be a good research mathematician.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson