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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His boss seems unusually chill with the deception, mostly because this lad might be helpful for sniffing out other moles and double agents in their field.
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Vulture Editors, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Rather than figuring out whether or not the young lad did it, Adolescence explores the complexity and psychology of how an earnest student from a respectable family committed such a crime.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2025
Three of City’s greatest-ever players in Mike Summerbee, Neil Young and Francis Lee were born in or close to Manchester and seven City players in a 1985 derby were local lads.
—Andy Mitten, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Siiiiing me a soooong of a lad that is gooooone!
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Sep. 2025
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Vulture Editors, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Rather than figuring out whether or not the young lad did it, Adolescence explores the complexity and psychology of how an earnest student from a respectable family committed such a crime.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2025
Three of City’s greatest-ever players in Mike Summerbee, Neil Young and Francis Lee were born in or close to Manchester and seven City players in a 1985 derby were local lads.
—Andy Mitten, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Siiiiing me a soooong of a lad that is gooooone!
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lad
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“Lad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lad. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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lad
noun1
: boy sense 1, youth
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