How to Use teenager in a Sentence

teenager

noun
  • But watch out for those teenagers!
    — Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
  • In front of the fence, teenagers scroll on their phones.
    — Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 8 Mar. 2026
  • That was my ethos as a teenager.
    — Maria Bamford, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Three men and a teenager have been charged.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The teenagers pleaded not guilty last month.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 7 May 2026
  • These teenagers and young men become adults.
    — Steven Burg, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Some of those teenagers might not see their folks the rest of the day.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Most of those were children and teenagers.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 21 Feb. 2026
  • But the teenager would not budge from her seat.
    — Clare Amari, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • Their members are all teenagers.
    — David Hill, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
  • After all, these are teenagers.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Take my teenagers, for instance.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Because that’s what teenagers do.
    — Louis Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The teenagers were gone, but there might be a mourner.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Their children are now teenagers.
    — Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Now, teenagers charged with crimes get sent elsewhere.
    — Ryan Oehrli january 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
  • And that’s such a ripe age for a teenager to go through.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 26 June 2026
  • Ready to hand over the car keys to a teenager for the first time?
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 27 May 2026
  • And there were younger kids at the time — not infants, but teenagers.
    — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Her mother came on her own as a teenager.
    — Julia Cherner, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Late one night, perhaps, some teenagers gave it a try and lived to tell about it.
    — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 4 June 2026
  • The teenagers each craved a room of their own, away from their pesky younger siblings.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Thurston threw the teenager to the ground and knelt beside him.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Everyone and their dog is aware that some teenagers can be a lot.
    — Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The police say there were hundreds of teenagers.
    — Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 27 May 2026
  • There are just two teenagers whose worlds collide on the 57 bus.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 4 Feb. 2025
  • In the book, Cathy is a teenager at the time of her death.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Beale Street was right there, bright and loud and built to pull teenagers off course.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Most of those injured in the shooting were teenagers.
    — Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The teenagers stick their heads outside the car to get a better look.
    — Natalie Escobar, NPR, 12 May 2026

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