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
  • This means he is forced to live with her and their teenage daughter for 30 days.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Yet nothing quite matched those early teenage drives in the GTI.
    Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 6 Nov. 2022
  • O’Connor’s teenage son Shane died by suicide last year.
    Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, The New Republic, 26 July 2023
  • Let's get started on that Christmas list — keep scrolling for the best gifts for teenage girls.
    Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 8 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • When Kim Young-soo gets out of jail and starts stalking teenage girls again, Tae-sung is able to track him down.
    Kayti Burt, TIME, 31 May 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
  • There’s no word yet on casting for the teenage version of the character.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
  • 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
  • The project pokes fun at all parties while rewriting the codes of teenage romance for the 21st century.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Sep. 2024
  • His teenage daughter ran away to avoid the court’s order and is still a missing person.
    Hannah Dreyfus, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The story of a boy born in poverty to a teenage single mother in Appalachia.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The jetpack flier is Sophie (Chloe Coleman), a teenage spy with hair like a tent of frizz.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 July 2024
  • Jenny was a teenage girl who was home alone after school and found murdered.
    Risa Sarachan, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Vicks VapoRub), raising a (smelly) teenage boy and being broke.
    Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Misty and Dan Ellis arrived at the airport for check-in at 3 a.m. with their teenage children.
    Jenna Russell, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Only Jules is allowed to have any fun at all, but even she is confined to angsty teenage anger.
    Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 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
  • The avalanche center said the riders included a father, who died, and his three teenage sons.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • In the film, teenage William is a fan who uses the music of others to self-actualize.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2022
  • See latest videos, charts and news Enter Laila!, the teenage Brooklyn phenom with rap royalty coursing through her veins.
    Angel Diaz, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The story is about a teenage girl with a rare genetic disorder that causes her to rapidly age, and the ensemble cast is excellent all around.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024

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