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How to use lad in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Lad means a boy or young man. Example: “I think he reckons he’s a bit of a lad.”

Examples of lad by meaning

nounA hedonistic or irresponsible young man; A Jack the lad.

  • I think he reckons he’s a bit of a lad.
  • Last night I was out drinking with the lads.
  • He's rather a lad, by the way—or used to be in his flying days.1929, Agatha Christie, The Seven Dials Mystery

nounA familiar term of address for a young man.

  • Come here, lad, and help me shift these boxes.

nounThe penis.

  • — The lad stood to attention anyhow, he said with a sigh.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, page 225
  • Just thinking about how she would look without her clothes made his lad twitch with anticipation.2010, Loucinda McGary, The Wild Irish Sea: A Windswept Tale of Love and Magic, →ISBN, page 11

More sentences with lad

  • Ah didn't play butty, ah promise yer. Yo all on yer mek the poor lad yer butty.From the entry butty
  • You seem to think you’re a bit of a Jack the lad, don’t you?From the entry Jack the lad
  • Come and dance, ye lads and lasses!From the entry lass
  • Move along, lads; we don't want any aggro.From the entry aggro
  • Watch out, lads! Here comes the dibble!From the entry dibble
  • The thoughtful lad helped an older lady across the street.From the entry older
  • Ye taalk ower pitmatic for a lad from Gatesheed.From the entry pitmatic
  • He were nobbut a lad when he joined the army.From the entry nobbut
  • Wew lad, you went off the deep end.From the entry wew
  • Where is that lad? He's neither use nor ornament!From the entry neither use nor ornament
  • What's the motive for tonight, lads?From the entry motive
  • Ey up lad, haa's it diddlin?From the entry ey up
  • (the speaker is a time traveller from the future) Well, lad, I would tell you more, but that's just future history that you must figure out on your own.From the entry future history
  • There were clusters of other lads and beors all about the riverbank, drinking, laughing.2023, Colin Walsh, Kala. From the entry beour
  • No way no how, he's a tough lad and will destroy anyone who tries first!2020 October 15, @CalDromeda, Twitter. From the entry diapercritter
  • Casuals were working-class lads (called Perry boys in Manchester) who loved football, fighting and brilliant sportswear.2019 September 14, Miranda Sawyer, “Mark Leckey: ‘There has to be a belief that art has this power, this charisma'”, in The Guardian. From the entry casual
  • What’s the terrible part of the sailor’s life ask ye, lad?2019, Robert Eggers, Max Eggers, The Lighthouse (motion picture), spoken by Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe). From the entry doldrums
  • But just right fer th' hard task I've set for me self an' th' lad this day!2019, William Grace, Omniverse: Book II of the Omniverse Chronicles, Outskirts Press, →ISBN, page 86. From the entry rawky
  • A couple of young lads eyed them venomously and middle-fingered the car.2019, Nick Oldham, chapter 14, in Wildfire (A Henry Christie Thriller; 26), London: Severn House Publishers, published 2020, →ISBN. From the entry middle-finger
  • It transpired this lad was drinking orange and faculties were keen.2018 May 25, Michael Nilsen, Beyond the Cave, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 82. From the entry orange
  • The lad behind the counter also possessed an eased glance as he noticed the uniform I wore.2017, A.T. Haessly, The Soul’s Famine. From the entry eased
  • Just lads, they’d got hold of his phone, lads we were at school with.2017, Christobel Kent, The Day She Disappeared, London: Sphere, →ISBN, page 127. From the entry scambot
  • We're not normally impressed by this kind of stuff but h'on the lads!2016 August 17, Jennifer Dollard "Seagulls cover Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage'" Today FM. From the entry hon
  • A British university compared lads' mags with comments from convicted rapists.2015 May 20, Laura Pintur, “My campaign against Zoo Magazine: the well-being of girls should come before profits” (0:25 from the start)…. From the entry indecipherable
  • “Ah, go on, you’re making the other lads feel bad.” But the 4th fella says, “No.2014 Marian Keyes "Antarctic Diary - Part 2" personal website (January 2014). From the entry at
  • He was a bit of a geezer, a joker, one of the lads.2013, Charlotte Ward, Why Am I Always the One Before 'The One'?, Hachette UK, →ISBN. From the entry geezer
  • Ye'll end up wi' glasses, then a' the lads will ca'ye Specky – d'ye hear me?2013, Sandra Brown, Where There Is Evil, page 31. From the entry specky
  • On the video he stated that the lads met in 'pubbies'.2013, Colin Ward, Armed for the Match, →ISBN. From the entry pubbie
  • "Lad," he said quietly, "I didn't try to wrap you in gauze, you know that.2012, David Drake, The Road of Danger. From the entry cloudscraper
  • A pair of grey, flannel track pants outlined the lad′s bottom very nicely indeed.2011, Ken Smith, Run Naked, Run Free, page 66. From the entry track pants
  • Drawing materials, he thought, I used to love drawing as a lad.2010, Anna Jacobs, Beyond the Sunset, unnumbered page. From the entry rubber
  • All the St Helens lads came down as well as my schoolmates and we got leathered.2010, Sean Long, Nick Appleyard, Longy - Booze, Brawls, Sex and Scandal, →ISBN. From the entry leathered
  • Now what do you mean to be doing with this fortune cookie anyway, lad?”2009, Jon Paul Fiorentino, Stripmalling, ECW Press, →ISBN, page 23. From the entry fortune cookie
  • 'If he's owt like the lads at the youthy, yeah,' Mary told her blithely.2009, Mandasue Heller, The Game. From the entry youthy

Meaning of lad

  1. noun A boy or young man.
  2. noun A hedonistic or irresponsible young man; A Jack the lad.
  3. noun A familiar term of address for a young man.

Full definition of lad

Questions about lad in a sentence

How do you use lad in a sentence?
Lad is used as a noun. For example: “I think he reckons he’s a bit of a lad.”
What is a short sentence with lad?
“Ey up lad, haa's it diddlin?”
What does lad mean?
Lad means a boy or young man.

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