lad

Example Sentences

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In addition to being named Orson, the lad has chronic gastrointestinal distress and plays the bassoon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

"There's lots more to come because Lewis is a very humble lad," Robinson said.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Nathan: I'd like to think that they'd describe me as the same lad I was growing up.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

The lad is only 10 years old, though, so he’ll have to wait: Nobody under 12 is allowed to fly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

“It’s not because I’m a lad that they let me keep my boots,” he said, with just as much outrage in his voice as I must have had in mine.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein