teenager

Example Sentences

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When I was a teenager, I was woefully ignorant of my facial width-to-height ratio.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

It wasn’t until I was a teenager that I learned my family was undocumented at my birth and on through my early childhood.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Now the teenager is splashed across every transfer bulletin, is being linked with Europe's top clubs and makes this list at number 10.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

An aspiring writer as a teenager, Burden turned her focus to law in college, earning a degree in Juvenile and Immigration Law from New York University.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

“Please don’t tell me you’re turning into a snarky teenager already!”

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix