Examples of tween in a Sentence
Noun
a movie that appeals to tweens
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Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
There’s been an increasing trend in travel to celebrate teen and tween milestone birthdays and graduations with special trips and travel experiences, instead of presents and parties.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
This one, inspired by the undersea realm from The Little Mermaid, will cater to her love for all things tween Disney.
—Jasmine Gomez, Women's Health, 29 Aug. 2023
Through child modeling, cute Disney Channel tween parts, Dancing With the Stars, and even a singing career, Zendaya made her way to the very heart of youth pop culture.
—Jessica Chia, Allure, 23 Nov. 2019
Her aesthetic is full of rainbow and glitter, which is what tween dreams are literally made of.
—Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 10 June 2019
Bryant has become one of the show’s most prominent female stars this season with her recurring characters such as Melanie, the horny tween slumber-party guest, and her Demi Lovato-singing impression of Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
—Jessica Zack, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2018
While their names may not familiar to those over 30—sorry, olds—this duo dominates on tween social media.
—Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 22 Feb. 2018
Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 19 Apr. 2024
Acne can be common for tweens between 7 and 12 years old.
—Angela Palmer Updated, Verywell Health, 16 Apr. 2024
The complaint alleges that the companies pursued a strategy of targeting teens and tweens by designing their apps to exploit the psychology of children.
—Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
That could include more due-diligence requirements for major conglomerates considering buying a smaller brand that’s focused on tweens and teens.
—Jeannette Neumann, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
Laws requiring social-media platforms to verify the ages of their users—and deny access to those too young—is unpopular with teens and tweens.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 10 Apr. 2024
There's an arcade, water sports rentals, and programming for kids, tweens, teens, and the whole family.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024
Teens and tweens have been a lucrative audience for Hollywood across multiple genres.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
Related article The skin care craze has hit tweens.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
Preposition
Two intersecting storylines involve confident tween girls pushing for more independence in ways that put themselves and their parents in harm’s way.
—Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
There’s been an increasing trend in travel to celebrate teen and tween milestone birthdays and graduations with special trips and travel experiences, instead of presents and parties.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
This one, inspired by the undersea realm from The Little Mermaid, will cater to her love for all things tween Disney.
—Jasmine Gomez, Women's Health, 29 Aug. 2023
Through child modeling, cute Disney Channel tween parts, Dancing With the Stars, and even a singing career, Zendaya made her way to the very heart of youth pop culture.
—Jessica Chia, Allure, 23 Nov. 2019
Her aesthetic is full of rainbow and glitter, which is what tween dreams are literally made of.
—Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 10 June 2019
Bryant has become one of the show’s most prominent female stars this season with her recurring characters such as Melanie, the horny tween slumber-party guest, and her Demi Lovato-singing impression of Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
—Jessica Zack, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2018
While their names may not familiar to those over 30—sorry, olds—this duo dominates on tween social media.
—Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 22 Feb. 2018
Noun
The tour also spurred an entire subculture characterized by friendship bracelets and sparkly dresses and just a complete celebration of girlhood—and as a result, kids, tweens, and teens fell in love with the brand of Swift.
—Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 19 Apr. 2024
Acne can be common for tweens between 7 and 12 years old.
—Angela Palmer Updated, Verywell Health, 16 Apr. 2024
The complaint alleges that the companies pursued a strategy of targeting teens and tweens by designing their apps to exploit the psychology of children.
—Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
That could include more due-diligence requirements for major conglomerates considering buying a smaller brand that’s focused on tweens and teens.
—Jeannette Neumann, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
Laws requiring social-media platforms to verify the ages of their users—and deny access to those too young—is unpopular with teens and tweens.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 10 Apr. 2024
There's an arcade, water sports rentals, and programming for kids, tweens, teens, and the whole family.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024
Teens and tweens have been a lucrative audience for Hollywood across multiple genres.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
Related article The skin care craze has hit tweens.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
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tween
1 of 2 prepositiontween
2 of 2 nounMedical Definition
Tween
trademark
—used for any of several preparations of polysorbates
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