teenager

Example Sentences

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“We’re a gangly teenager of an industry,” Monahan said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

She’s 28 now—it’s been more than a decade since she wrote I Am Malala, about speaking out against the Taliban as a teenager and surviving being shot at point-blank range for it.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

One teenager is caught opposite the Victoria Centre nearby.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

The staff knew I was just a teenager but they looked the other way.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 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