preteen

Example Sentences

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To his exacting teen and preteen audience, “the Danish person,” as they disobligingly christen him, looks like the houseguest from hell.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? What’s grown-ups going to think?” cries Piggy, the book’s preteen standard-bearer for logic and civilization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

As a preteen, it was that displayed strength that first drew me to Lansbury.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

Soon after leaving that program in 2022, Audrey, who is now 21, was diagnosed with a second chronic illness: EDS, which she’d likely been living with since she was a preteen.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025

I didn’t want to appear rude, but as a preteen girl, I thought, I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing anything in here.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana