How to Use teenage in a Sentence

teenage

adjective
  • Mess with my teenage nieces again.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Mess with my teenage nieces again.
    — Emma Kershaw, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • And no, the teenage lesbians do not die.
    — Quispe López, Them., 29 Aug. 2025
  • In both cases, a teenage boy was killed.
    — Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Among them was a teenage minor.
    — Sonja Wasden, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The teenage romance opens things up a bit more.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Long aimless drives opened up my small teenage world.
    — Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Hear from the teenage phenom who stunned the field.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
  • In his car, deputies found a teenage girl who was also stabbed.
    — David Fleshler, Sun Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Your teenage daughter is on a long road trip and her car breaks down.
    — Eric Solis, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • But then Parker’s teenage self came back out.
    — Eric Boodman, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Hsiao-Lee’s teenage years seem to begin overnight.
    — Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
  • So too does a teenage girl waiting nearby.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • The lighthearted warmth of her teenage self is gone.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
  • She has been divorced three times and has a teenage daughter.
    — cleveland, 10 May 2022
  • In all, 25 campers and two teenage counselors were killed.
    — Jim Vertuno, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Starmer is married and has two teenage children.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Even your teenage niece through a jigsaw puzzle.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Every class, three or four of the teenage students would be asleep.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Her teenage son was suffering from stab wounds to his neck and back.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Their neighbor’s teenage sons ask to come over to play the course often.
    — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Two women, two teenage boys and two teenage girls were struck by gunfire.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2026
  • There is no cure, and many children don’t survive past their teenage years.
    — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2023
  • By the three month mark, even my two teenage sons were remarking on my sober skin.
    — Donna Francis, Allure, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The dog belonged to her teenage love, Gabriel Wolfe.
    — Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
  • This means he is forced to live with her and their teenage daughter for 30 days.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Taped to the wall was a large poster of West, the woman, and her teenage son.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Hayes has three children younger than 9, and Creten has two teenage boys.
    — Lydia Morrell, Journal Sentinel, 22 July 2022
  • Dave Dombrowski that goes back to my teenage years.
    — Annie Heilbrunn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Caton plays a preacher’s teenage son in the movie who risks his soul to sing blues music.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026

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