'tween

“Speaking of ‘tween heartthrobs, Scott Brown is here.

From MSNBC ● Apr. 24, 2015

These “radium girls,” to get a finer tip, Would pass their paintbrush ’tween pursed lips a bit, But Mae O’Donnell could not stand that sip Of magic paint, so she was urged to quit.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2015

Weeping like a ’tween at a Justin Bieber concert, like a cougar at a “Twilight” premiere, like a little leaguer meeting Mickey Mantle.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2012

Grantland Rice broke down the most important matchups of the upcoming season, calling the Cleveland Bulldogs-Dayton Triangles game slated for Nov. 2 that year a “titanic tussle ‘tween two Gorgons of the gridiron.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2010

“Ain’t no thousand people ’tween here and cursed town.”

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

Dovilė, a stoic tween, puts on a cool act about the news, mentioning a friend whose parents got divorced.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

But in between, Charlotte, now 43, says they fought over who got the first look at the mail-order catalogs that, at the time, were the first to cater specifically to a tween and teen-girl audience.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

Claire's, founded in the US, first appeared on British high streets in the late 1990s selling jewellery and accessories mainly aimed at tween and teenage girls, and offering ear piercing services.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

He embraced the role of migra bogeyman like a tween boy scarfing down a bowl of Warheads, always promising more deportations, more chaos, more more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

By the time I filled the basket, the Aleut ship had sailed around the wide kelp bed that encloses our island and be tween our two rocks that guard Coral Cove.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell