How to Use teens in a Sentence

teens

plural noun
  • Three cars rolled by with teens dressed, she was told, in Crips blue.
    — Lynnell Hancock, The New Republic, 23 Nov. 2021
  • This is why teens like to go to bed later and sleep in the next day.
    — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2021
  • Make sure to check out our gift guides for teens, for mom, for dads, for kids and more.
    — Lauren Matthews, Good Housekeeping, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Injuries plagued him through his teens, but his bursts of speed still broke through.
    — Eddie Pells, Star Tribune, 30 July 2021
  • Rusch’s book is aimed at teens and tweens but has a lot to offer adults as well.
    — oregonlive, 11 Jan. 2021
  • The three were all described as thin Black males in their late teens.
    — Graydon Megan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Even with those changes, the bulk of their applicants were teens.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2021
  • Meanwhile, the teens have been up to no good digging a giant hole in the yard.
    — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2021
  • This may sound weird to people who were teens in the late 1980s.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 13 May 2021
  • Like many teens, Roodabeh Far spent much of her free time alone in her room.
    — Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Of those killed, three have been teens and another nine have been in their 20s.
    — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 28 Mar. 2022
  • When the victim entered the home after the teens did, his son's friend stabbed and shot him.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The youngest was in her early teens, and the oldest in her mid-to late 40s.
    — National Geographic, 18 June 2020
  • Five teens forced the Bagleys into the trunk of their car, robbed them, shot them, then lit the car on fire.
    — Paul Best, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Where can parents go to get the Covid-19 vaccine for their teens?
    — Katia Hetter, CNN, 11 May 2021
  • Even teen movie queen Molly Ringwald called it one of the best films about teens.
    — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Eighteen percent were in their 30s and 14% were in the teens.
    — Duard Headley, Cincinnati.com, 9 June 2020
  • So, the six teens involved in the first year each received a $200 stipend for their work.
    — Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 June 2022
  • Northwest winds around 10 to 15 mph will keep it feeling more like the teens.
    — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Crump said Wednesday in a tweet that the video shows the teens were terrified and tried to drive around the deputies.
    — CBS News, 19 Nov. 2020
  • So the average sits in the mid 20s and great handhelds and salads in the teens.
    — Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com, 2 June 2021
  • Three of the teens knocked on the door at Penton’s house, and her son came out of a side door into the carport.
    — orlandosentinel.com, 19 Dec. 2020
  • The teens were between the ages of 14 and 17, the department said.
    — Claire Colbert, CNN, 3 Aug. 2020
  • The 6-foot-7 Terry is projected in many mock drafts to go off the board in the late teens.
    — oregonlive, 15 June 2022
  • The Eagles gave up 22 points a game last year and coach Stover would like to get that down to the low teens.
    — Jimmy Lay, al, 30 July 2022
  • When the teens opened the door of the top-level apartment, Larsen said the air had turned black from the thick smoke trapped in the hallway.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2020
  • The driver of the GMC turned around and drove back to the golf cart, and someone inside the car opened fire on the teens.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 24 June 2020
  • Lows will drop into the teens and 20s for much of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic tonight.
    — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Both teens were in 11th grade at Hoke County High School and were on the soccer team.
    — PEOPLE.com, 19 Nov. 2021
  • The teens were in a 2018 Dodge Ram pickup truck, said Trooper Cpl.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 16 Nov. 2022

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