teenage
Americanadjective
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of teenage
Example Sentences
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When child services representatives express their shock that the teenage Gheorghiu children don’t have internet access at home, can’t go on YouTube, and — gasp! — don’t have smartphones, their surprise blunts Mungiu’s sharp point.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
Each year more than 600 of the state's most promising teenage rowers battle it out on the crocodile-inhabited Fitzroy River, in the city of Rockhampton.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
He remains a work in progress—Shelton didn’t seriously commit to tennis until his teenage years, workshopping under his father Bryan, an ex-pro and acclaimed college coach at Georgia Tech and Florida.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Costume designer Maya Edmond dresses Big Ant thematically: white tees when he’s trying to be good, black duds when his demons are winning and comic book-y jailbird stripes during his pivotal teenage arrest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Some came from generations of military service, while others were teenage girlfriends who’d become brides just ahead of a deployment—their futures now having taken a sudden, complicated turn.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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