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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Guardiola’s lads look back to their best in the early months of this season after the extended wobble in the previous one that wrecked their hopes of a fifth straight domestic title.
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Andy Jones, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
The museum hosts the touring Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Storm, an exhibit that lives up to its name and captures a whirlwind three months in the lives of those four lads from Liverpool.
—Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 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
Siiiiing me a soooong of a lad that is gooooone!
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Sep. 2025
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Andy Jones, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
The museum hosts the touring Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Storm, an exhibit that lives up to its name and captures a whirlwind three months in the lives of those four lads from Liverpool.
—Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 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
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 20 Nov. 2025.
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noun1
: boy sense 1, youth
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