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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In jail, some say lads want to be either a footballer or a drug dealer.
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Simon Hughes, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Three other local lads have benefited from the high-tech training facility funded by owner-chairman Tony Bloom and opened in 2014, three years after Brighton opened their 32,000-seater Amex Stadium.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 30 June 2025
As Will Byers, audiences watched with rapt attention as the young lad was abducted into the Upside Down, falling victim to the Mind Flayer.
—Maria Yagoda, People.com, 21 June 2025
His nephew-in-law, Lovick P. Miles Jr., a lad home for the Christmas holidays, was with us.
—Nash Buckingham, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2025
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Simon Hughes, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Three other local lads have benefited from the high-tech training facility funded by owner-chairman Tony Bloom and opened in 2014, three years after Brighton opened their 32,000-seater Amex Stadium.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 30 June 2025
As Will Byers, audiences watched with rapt attention as the young lad was abducted into the Upside Down, falling victim to the Mind Flayer.
—Maria Yagoda, People.com, 21 June 2025
His nephew-in-law, Lovick P. Miles Jr., a lad home for the Christmas holidays, was with us.
—Nash Buckingham, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2025
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“Lad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lad. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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noun1
: boy sense 1, youth
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