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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Five years ago in Placer County, Lavrenov was a thick-bodied lad before the weight room transformed his body.
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Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Signed by Glamorgan — first on a rookie deal and then, last April, on a full contract — having impressed while at Cardiff Met University, this lad is a headline writer’s dream.
—Sam Dalling, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026
George Martin became the world’s most legendary producer with the Beatles, the studio wizard who teamed up with four lads from Liverpool to transform music.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2026
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
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Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Signed by Glamorgan — first on a rookie deal and then, last April, on a full contract — having impressed while at Cardiff Met University, this lad is a headline writer’s dream.
—Sam Dalling, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026
George Martin became the world’s most legendary producer with the Beatles, the studio wizard who teamed up with four lads from Liverpool to transform music.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2026
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
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“Lad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lad. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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noun1
: boy sense 1, youth
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