teenager

Example Sentences

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He had revered the British Museum since he was a teenager and was incensed by the idea that a theft was continuing and that it was being perpetrated by a curator.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Usually at this point in the year, a teenager would be counting down the days until the end of school.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

She’s a teenager, but I’m a single parent, so you know I’m already on the hunt for funds.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

The teenager is stated to have stayed at a Holiday Inn in East Kilbride.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

She turned to Max, and somehow in that split second, she could see him as the kindergartener he’d once been, as well as the teenager he was about to become.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix