Examples of lad in a Sentence
Life was hard when I was a lad.
Well, lad, I hope you won't make the same mistake again!
He's a good lad at heart.
They can't treat us like that, can they, lads?!
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As a young lad growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area town of Pittsburg, my school uniform consisted of corduroys the color of Ash Wednesday, a white dress shirt and a maroon V-neck sweater.
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Steve Lopez, Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2025
His boss seems unusually chill with the deception, mostly because this lad might be helpful for sniffing out other moles and double agents in their field.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Three of City’s greatest-ever players in Mike Summerbee, Neil Young and Francis Lee were born in or close to Manchester and seven City players in a 1985 derby were local lads.
—Andy Mitten, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Siiiiing me a soooong of a lad that is gooooone!
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Sep. 2025
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Steve Lopez, Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2025
His boss seems unusually chill with the deception, mostly because this lad might be helpful for sniffing out other moles and double agents in their field.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Three of City’s greatest-ever players in Mike Summerbee, Neil Young and Francis Lee were born in or close to Manchester and seven City players in a 1985 derby were local lads.
—Andy Mitten, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Siiiiing me a soooong of a lad that is gooooone!
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Lad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lad. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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lad
noun1
: boy sense 1, youth
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