teenager

Example Sentences

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“We’re a gangly teenager of an industry,” Monahan said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

She’s 28 now—it’s been more than a decade since she wrote I Am Malala, about speaking out against the Taliban as a teenager and surviving being shot at point-blank range for it.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

A lawyer for Fiona Donohoe, Noah's mother, explained to the inquest that the teenager died after "having got access through a hatch or bars" at the culvert.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

The staff knew I was just a teenager but they looked the other way.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

I’d heard the story of Dad fainting at the doctor’s office when he was a teenager, probably more times than he’d actually fainted.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas