teenager

Example Sentences

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He had revered the British Museum since he was a teenager and was incensed by the idea that a theft was continuing and that it was being perpetrated by a curator.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Usually at this point in the year, a teenager would be counting down the days until the end of school.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

She’s a teenager, but I’m a single parent, so you know I’m already on the hunt for funds.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

Born in Istanbul, Isak moved with his family to Barcelona from Turkey as a teenager in the late 1960s.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

I know her parents—my grandparents—died when she was a teenager.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy