How to Use juvenile in a Sentence
- She criticized his juvenile behavior at the party.
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Todd was in charge of juvenile crime.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 14 Oct. 2025
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All of them have lengthy juvenile records.
—Marissa Perlman, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
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But these juvenile white sharks may be naive to orcas.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
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All four were teenagers at the time of the shooting and have lengthy juvenile records.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
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Democrats denounced the video as racist and juvenile.
—Nik Popli, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
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The age of the juvenile and circumstances of the death are not known.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2026
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Police said the driver, a juvenile male, was found shot and died at the scene.
—Brandon Downs, CBS News, 13 June 2026
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Four of the people shot are adult women, two are adult men, and one is a juvenile male.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2023
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But in the weeks ahead, juvenile nymphs will become more common.
—ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
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The name of the juvenile girl is not being released.
—Adam Thompson, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
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The agency said the juvenile male bear weighed around 70 lbs.
—Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
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Three juvenile gang members and an adult bystander were struck.
—Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 4 Mar. 2026
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Their prank was juvenile, yet textbook.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
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That’s because juvenile species are unique.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
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Her case was transferred to a juvenile docket.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 25 Aug. 2025
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Ben spent about a month in juvenile detention.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Three of the victims are adults and one is a juvenile teen, Becchina said.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026
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The juvenile faces the same charges as well as one count of felony obstructing justice.
—Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
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The victims — a man, woman and juvenile male — were all found with gunshot wounds.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 23 May 2026
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Two more juvenile victims had been pulled out of the vehicle.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
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Between urchin spines, tiny crabs and juvenile abalone take shelter while hungry fish swirl past.
—Tatjana Baleta, Time, 28 May 2026
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The shoe has long retained its ties to childhood, to the point that many ditch them out of fear of being juvenile.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2023
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The effort led Gajić to find two kitefin sharks, one baby and one juvenile, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
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The female under the car was a juvenile, police said.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
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The fossil turned out to be from a juvenile measuring just over two metres long.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
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Officers responding to the scene found a juvenile male who had been shot at least once.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026
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Police said three juvenile offenders pushed a victim off an e-bike and fled with it.
—Ross Dimattei, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
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Police said both victims were juvenile males.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
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He was held in juvenile detention for over a week after his arrest.
—Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Feb. 2026
- She works to keep juveniles away from drugs.
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And as of right now, the juveniles are still on the run.
—Christopher Derose, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
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Four of those are juveniles, and three are adults.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
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The charges against the juvenile have been dropped.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
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Two juveniles were in the back.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee february 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Feb. 2026
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Some juveniles even change through growth.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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He was charged as a juvenile and his name was not made public.
—Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
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Morais said Aitken was a juvenile at the time of the killing.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2026
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Two adults and three juveniles died as a result of the blaze.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
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The juveniles said the robbers made away with cash and gift cards.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
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While still a juvenile, he was headed down the same path.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 6 Jan. 2026
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What are the 3 juveniles chraged with?
—Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 18 May 2026
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At just two feet long, juveniles can be snatched out of the water with one hand.
—Freda Kreier, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
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The student will be charged as a juvenile.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
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The juvenile’s name and age were not released.
—Mark Price april 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2026
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Bates said the suspects could be juveniles.
—Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026
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All court records are sealed because the suspect was charged as a juvenile.
—Doug Lantz, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2026
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One of the juveniles in the group had a gunshot wound to the leg, police said.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
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The Tennessean does not name juveniles who are not charged in adult court.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Sep. 2025
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Some of the victims are juveniles, but their ages are not yet known, police said.
—Jessica Gorman, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2023
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Haskell would have been a juvenile at the time of the incident, and no charges were filed.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 14 Nov. 2023
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One juvenile was found clinging upside down on a shrub.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
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Among those injured were six juveniles as young as 15.
—Hannah Schoenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
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Three of the juveniles are 12 years old, and one 11 years old.
—Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 23 Jan. 2026
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Three of the juveniles are 12 years old, and one 11 years old.
—Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 22 Jan. 2026
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An adult male and female, along with two juveniles, were found with gunshot wounds.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
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Both whales that washed up earlier this month were juveniles.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
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Two juveniles, whose ages have yet to be disclosed, were detained.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
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Most of the people who were detained are juveniles.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2026
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The first wolf to be killed was a juvenile who was shot in error from a helicopter.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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