How to Use teenage in a Sentence

teenage

adjective
  • As 2 Live Crew blared from the speakers, the teenage Rodgers couldn’t help but dance.
    C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024
  • As Cassie adjusts to the new terms of her life, Ezekiel hunts for three teenage girls in the city.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2024
  • On May 28, a teenage boy found Anna’s body in a ravine.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023
  • O’Connor’s teenage son Shane died by suicide last year.
    Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, The New Republic, 26 July 2023
  • The mother of Ray’s teenage son died from cancer last month and Ray wants to take custody.
    Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • There is no cure, and many children don’t survive past their teenage years.
    Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2023
  • In the future, Charles dies and is sent back to 1987 to help his teenage self navigate a better life.
    Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Her teenage kid, Sky (Elsie Fisher), is also in town with her.
    Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 14 July 2023
  • Not far behind Brady is his teenage son, who stands between the two and has been closing in on his dad's height over the last year.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Vicks VapoRub), raising a (smelly) teenage boy and being broke.
    Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1972, his teenage years were shaped — as so many teenage years are — by music.
    Luke Leitch, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2024
  • For the music lover There’s a reason people often think of their teenage years as a soundtrack.
    Leigh-Ann Jackson, wsj.com, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Among the most famous canteen treats were popcorn balls, which teenage girls on the platform would pass on to soldiers.
    Annika Hipple, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Word quickly spread around town about Houston, the teenage girl with the octave-spanning voice of an angel.
    Keaton Bell, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2023
  • For Noam and Alma Or, teenage siblings released this week, the joy of being freed was tempered by the news of a parent’s death.
    Russell Goldman, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The story of a boy born into poverty to a teenage single mother in Appalachia.
    The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The story of a boy born into poverty to a teenage single mother in Appalachia. 6.
    The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Even Adam Sandler has to work hard to get his teenage daughters' attention.
    Alex Cramer, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Two months before, a teenage girl was also killed in a shark attack in Western Australia.
    Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Described as the light of his family, Sandoval leaves behind a teenage son and 5-year-old daughter.
    Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Nielsen says 53% more teenage girls watched Sunday Night Football than last season, thanks to the pop star’s attendance.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Hormonal Changes The surge of hormones during the late teenage years can stimulate the growth and emergence of wisdom teeth.
    Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Infants born to teenage women are also more likely to be overweight or preterm.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
  • In the episode, Seyfried plays a teenage girl who, days after going missing, is found tied up at a construction site and says she's been attacked.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The Times visited the area where Mizuhara lived during his teenage years, spoke with childhood friends and acquaintances and sifted through dozens of pages of records.
    Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • But he was expected to be joined by his wife and teenage daughter, who was born after his capture in Pakistan in 2003.
    Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2023
  • In September, Kai hosted a 24-hour stream with Offset, during which the pair goofed around like teenage stoners.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Phoenix police say that a teenage boy shot a suspect who was attempting to break into his home on Friday night.
    Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The shifts started at 5 a.m. As the new teenage summer hire, for the next three months all the crappiest tasks – slicing, washing, wiping, sweeping, garbage -- were mine.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 25 July 2023
  • Ultimately, the teacher settled on a crew of a teenage girl, a missionary, two cats, and his own dog, Cyclops.
    Liz Clayton Fuller, Popular Science, 27 Sep. 2023

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