STRIPLING in a Sentence

Learn STRIPLING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for STRIPLING, such as:

1. A shorter clerk came behind the first, a taller clerk behind the second, a stripling of a dozen years rising behind the third.

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 Meanings and Examples of STRIPLING
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stripling
 n.  a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
Classic Sentence:
1  Then, indeed, the captive turned his face toward the light, and looked down on the stripling with an expression that was superior to contempt.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23
2  Farrington's dark wine-coloured face flushed darker still with anger and humiliation at having been defeated by such a stripling.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In COUNTERPARTS
3  A shorter clerk came behind the first, a taller clerk behind the second, a stripling of a dozen years rising behind the third.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 32 A PROCURATOR'S DINNER
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