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Examples of lad in a Sentence
Life was hard when I was a lad.
Well, lad, I hope you won't make the same mistake again!
He's a good lad at heart.
They can't treat us like that, can they, lads?!
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Currently in pre-production, the film will chart the true story of two Scottish lads from Dundee who conned the international music industry by adopting American accents and pretending to be established Californian rap duo, Silibil N’ Brains.
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
Membership in the club is supposed to be a matter of great prestige, and some lads who have fallen into the clutches of the law for poaching desert sheep pleaded their desire to belong to the club.
—Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
The auction is being webcast, the auctioneers can arrange shipping, and given that the Pacific Peso (the Australian dollar) is worth less than 70% of an American greenback, there’s a golden opportunity there for a bright young lad/lass … or an old geezer wishing to relive his glory days.
—Mike Hanlon, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2024
Robbie gets that cheeky streak from his father, a cabaret comedian (stage name Peter Conway, played here by Steve Pemberton) who leaves home to pursue his own showbiz dreams when Robbie was just a lad.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2024
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
Membership in the club is supposed to be a matter of great prestige, and some lads who have fallen into the clutches of the law for poaching desert sheep pleaded their desire to belong to the club.
—Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
The auction is being webcast, the auctioneers can arrange shipping, and given that the Pacific Peso (the Australian dollar) is worth less than 70% of an American greenback, there’s a golden opportunity there for a bright young lad/lass … or an old geezer wishing to relive his glory days.
—Mike Hanlon, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2024
Robbie gets that cheeky streak from his father, a cabaret comedian (stage name Peter Conway, played here by Steve Pemberton) who leaves home to pursue his own showbiz dreams when Robbie was just a lad.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2024
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“Lad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lad. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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lad
noun1
: boy sense 1, youth
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