How to Use teenage in a Sentence
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As 2 Live Crew blared from the speakers, the teenage Rodgers couldn’t help but dance.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024
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As Cassie adjusts to the new terms of her life, Ezekiel hunts for three teenage girls in the city.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2024
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On May 28, a teenage boy found Anna’s body in a ravine.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023
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O’Connor’s teenage son Shane died by suicide last year.
—Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, The New Republic, 26 July 2023
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The mother of Ray’s teenage son died from cancer last month and Ray wants to take custody.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
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When Kim Young-soo gets out of jail and starts stalking teenage girls again, Tae-sung is able to track him down.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 31 May 2024
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There is no cure, and many children don’t survive past their teenage years.
—Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2023
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In the future, Charles dies and is sent back to 1987 to help his teenage self navigate a better life.
—Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
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Her teenage kid, Sky (Elsie Fisher), is also in town with her.
—Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 14 July 2023
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Not far behind Brady is his teenage son, who stands between the two and has been closing in on his dad's height over the last year.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
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The jetpack flier is Sophie (Chloe Coleman), a teenage spy with hair like a tent of frizz.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 July 2024
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Vicks VapoRub), raising a (smelly) teenage boy and being broke.
—Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
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Only Jules is allowed to have any fun at all, but even she is confined to angsty teenage anger.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2024
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Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1972, his teenage years were shaped — as so many teenage years are — by music.
—Luke Leitch, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2024
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For the music lover There’s a reason people often think of their teenage years as a soundtrack.
—Leigh-Ann Jackson, wsj.com, 5 Dec. 2023
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Among the most famous canteen treats were popcorn balls, which teenage girls on the platform would pass on to soldiers.
—Annika Hipple, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
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Word quickly spread around town about Houston, the teenage girl with the octave-spanning voice of an angel.
—Keaton Bell, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2023
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For Noam and Alma Or, teenage siblings released this week, the joy of being freed was tempered by the news of a parent’s death.
—Russell Goldman, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
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Two teenage girls were injured while in waist-deep water about 4 miles away from the first incident.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
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The story of a boy born into poverty to a teenage single mother in Appalachia.
—The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
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The story of a boy born into poverty to a teenage single mother in Appalachia. 6.
—The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
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Even Adam Sandler has to work hard to get his teenage daughters' attention.
—Alex Cramer, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
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Two months before, a teenage girl was also killed in a shark attack in Western Australia.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2023
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Described as the light of his family, Sandoval leaves behind a teenage son and 5-year-old daughter.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2024
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Nielsen says 53% more teenage girls watched Sunday Night Football than last season, thanks to the pop star’s attendance.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 7 Oct. 2023
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Hormonal Changes The surge of hormones during the late teenage years can stimulate the growth and emergence of wisdom teeth.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
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Infants born to teenage women are also more likely to be overweight or preterm.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
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In the episode, Seyfried plays a teenage girl who, days after going missing, is found tied up at a construction site and says she's been attacked.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
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In the end, eighty-year-old participants were able to accurately identify the themes at roughly the same rate as their teenage counterparts.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 25 July 2024
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The teenage victim in this case was given the pseudonym Jane Roe in court documents, which identified her and her mother as relatives of Fasold’s who lived out of town.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 27 July 2024
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