whippersnapper

Example Sentences

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“I’m sorry, boomer, but I don’t know who that is,” the whippersnapper retorts.

From New York Times

Meanwhile, the justices who made up that old guard and their supporters argued that their work wasn’t done and that making way for a whippersnapper would prevent them from making progress in the now.

From Washington Post

On the verge of its 90th birthday, Granada FC is a mere whippersnapper when compared to the magnificent 800-year-old edifice that dominates the city.

From BBC

They were forced to send out the whippersnappers for that one, so let’s look back to the New Year’s Day match at Old Trafford instead.

From The Guardian

And when it comes down to which generation has been hurt the most from a Christmas tree this year, it was largely the whippersnappers getting tree-related boo-boos.

From Fox News