How to Use preteen in a Sentence

preteen

1 of 2 noun

• Home seems to be the dumping ground for all of our preteen's school angst.
  — Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2021
• Her preteen nephew acts sort of over Aunt A’ja.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 10 Dec. 2025
• Her preteen nephew acts sort of over Aunt A’ja.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 9 Dec. 2025
• These are our top gear picks for camping with kids — from infants to preteens.
  — Mandy Harris, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2023
• Mamdani looks to be a preteen or young teenager.
  — CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
• Their preteen daughter, Suri, played in the front seat of the truck.
  — Kit Warchol, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
• That a tough-guy closer is coming in to a song preteen girls love is amusing.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2022
• Like most preteens, Eric is all about sports and music.
  — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 2 June 2026
• The preteen and his older brother went to a friend's house to get in some hangout time.
  — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Jan. 2024
• Again, perfectly catered to preteens and younger.
  — Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
• The preteen pouted her lips for the camera as her party group did the same behind her.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 24 June 2023
• All three enjoyed family life and would rather have dinner with his wife than chase a preteen.
  — Star Tribune, 19 Apr. 2021
• The preteen and Gomez, both of Fort Worth, each face a murder charge.
  — Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 16 May 2023
• Because of time’s arrow, my daughter, who was once a toddler, is now a preteen.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 28 Nov. 2025
• Henry was born and raised there, while Tania moved there from London as a preteen.
  — Daniel Oyefusi, baltimoresun.com, 10 May 2021
• Wie West has been putting that into practice for years, ever since her preteen and teen days.
  — Elizabeth Millard, C.p.t., SELF, 20 June 2022
• Of course, neither adult men, nor even adult women, know everything there is to know about preteen girls.
  — Drew Dakessian, Wired, 2 Mar. 2021
• Every preteen can act like the devil from time to time, but probably nothing like this.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 26 Jan. 2023
• Another need centers around teens and preteens.
  — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 26 Nov. 2025
• The second photo was a throwback to when Ricki was a preteen.
  — Kayla Grant, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
• One thing Dewan wasn’t expecting about the preteen years?
  — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025
• The girl, whom The Post is not identifying, was a preteen at the time.
  — Carolyn Van Houten, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
• Aretha was a preteen at the time and never publicly revealed who Clarence’s father was.
  — Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
• The girl told police Pittman had molested her eight times over two years, starting as a preteen.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
• The girl told police Pittman had molested her eight times over two years, starting as a preteen.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
• As a preteen, Tim started training with an elite New York-area club team.
  — Tim Rohan, NBC news, 25 June 2026
• Skateboarding is new to the Olympics this year – and even a preteen competitor has medaled.
  — Pamela Falk, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2021
• The oldest Gen Zers are working and have mortgages, the youngest are preteens.
  — Phil Lempert, Forbes, 3 May 2023
• Banks does seem to get away with some giddy, dangerous moments, like a scene in which two preteens try to do cocaine.
  — Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2023
• Those officers found the preteen girl who had been hit while trying to cross the road on foot, Smiley said.
  — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 19 Aug. 2022

preteen

2 of 2 adjective

• There is a range of ages, though most of the artists are in their preteen years.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 20 June 2023
• His big break came in the late aughts when a then preteen Justin Bieber hit the scene.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2023
• Two of her choices were preteen girls clearly enthralled to be in her warm presence.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
• The do-gooder shtick may explain his wide appeal to preteen boys and their parents alike.
  — Dan Hyman, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018
• Today, many of her first preteen readers now have Margarets of their own.
  — Kristen Page-Kirby, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
• But this one involves abandoning your preteen children in a scary forest alone at night.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 1 Aug. 2019
• But my preteen son and daughter don't really remember that time.
  — Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2019
• Ray is also a soulful, loyal guy who cares lovingly for his preteen daughter and his sick brother.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• The preteen years can be challenging in more ways than one, but picking up the best gift for a 10-year-old in your life doesn’t have to be.
  — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Bsn, Parents, 15 Nov. 2023
• Angelina was a member of the preteen team, but there were also older teenagers and girls as young as 4 who were there to compete.
  — Lizzie Feidelson, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2017
• Playing and watching team sports were the twin pillars of his preteen existence, and both pursuits were snatched away from him a matter of days.
  — Brendan I. Koerner, Wired, 19 May 2020
• Peri and her preteen daughter are stuck in traffic on their way to a soiree when a thief reaches into their car and runs off with Peri’s handbag.
  — Agnes Torres Al-Shibibi, The Seattle Times, 24 Dec. 2017
• Connell said his brother leaves a wife, Melissa Ann Feis, and their preteen daughter.
  — Matt Campbell, kansascity, 16 Feb. 2018
• What would Del Toro-lite be like when adapting a hair-raising favorite from the glut of preteen horror series out there?
  — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2019
• Some companies have offered parental controls as a way of curbing unauthorized preteen use of their platforms.
  — Matt O'Brien and Barbara Ortutay, Houston Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2018
• In 2014, two preteen girls lured a classmate into the woods on the pretense of everyday fun, and killed her.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2020
• Disturbing footage shows an Arizona man attempting to snatch a preteen girl who was walking to school last week, police said.
  — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2024
• Racioppi said, citing a Netflix show about drag queens and his friend’s preteen daughter questioning her gender.
  — Dan Adams, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2019
• But then there are images, like a preteen death stare from the passenger seat or a backyard haircut, that are emblematic of what any mother sees.
  — Nadine Zylberberg, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2023
• Rin, the director’s preteen daughter, survives, vowing revenge on the men who killed her family.
  — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 9 Mar. 2018
• Her family paid a smuggler to get her and her preteen daughter from Honduras to Mexico.
  — Rafael Carranza, azcentral, 12 Feb. 2020
• However, the company currently has no plans to open Horizon Worlds to the preteen crowd.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 16 June 2023
• Subscribers in their 60s, families with preteen children and people of all ethnicities are now in the mix.
  — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 27 July 2017
• But ultimately, there are better shows and movies about those awkward preteen and teen years out there—ones in which the main characters don't have superpowers.
  — TIME, 13 Oct. 2023
• Go because Meg Murry is still the ultimate hero for an entire generation of preteen girls.
  — Emma Krupp, RedEye Chicago, 10 Jan. 2018
• The victim was the father of two preteen daughters, and also served as his grandmother's primary caretaker, who is in hospice care.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
• The ability to conceive and maintain plausible lies doesn’t develop until the preteen years; teenagers and people in their twenties are most adept.
  — Paul Tullis, Town & Country, 30 Apr. 2023
• In the book — spoiler alert — things go badly for the preteen boys, classmates from an English boarding school who become stranded on an island without adults.
  — Daniel Victor, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2017
• In Florida, a Guatemalan woman fought to get her preteen daughter from a state foster program in which the girl had been living for nearly five years.
  — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
• David does his best to hide his anguish from the kids, celebrating preteen Kian’s birthday with a cake and the gift of a bunny, as if everything will proceed as normal.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2024