Explore Lads through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Lads meaning
- plural of lad
- A group of friends, regardless of gender. Often the lads.
Using Lads
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of lad | A group of friends, regardless of gender. Often the lads.
- In the example corpus, lads often appears in combinations such as: the lads, of lads, lads and.
Context around Lads
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lads
- In this selection, "lads" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, two, young, aberdeen, club, dressed and enjoy stand out and add context to how "lads" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all the lads and everyone and all the lads i went. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lads" sits close to words such as ascension, booze and bosnia, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lads
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Good luck lads, enjoy yourselves playing at Wembley. (8 words)
For any young guy just starting, like my two lads, it’s a worry. (14 words)
A strong push from the lads in the final 10 minutes sees us come away with the draw. (18 words)
Asked what role he will look to play now whilst he is unavailable for selection, he said: “I’ve got to just make sure I own my mistake, keep trying to help the lads in any way I can. (39 words)
The Warrington Guardian reported that 'a number of lads dressed as sailors drew a model of an ironclad whilst two lads in front carried a banner containing Nelson’s last signal to the fleet. (34 words)
He said: “I’ve been training hard and had lots of sparring, against new opponents, such as Cori and Tion Gibbs (fellow pros), who are talented lads that I’ve never sparred with before. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Some of the lads were young lads, where bids had come in and they were going to leave the club.
The Warrington Guardian reported that 'a number of lads dressed as sailors drew a model of an ironclad whilst two lads in front carried a banner containing Nelson’s last signal to the fleet.
All the lads I went to school with would remember me drawing, even sketching some of the lads or some comics and cartoons but I never considered it as a career.
Paying tribute to Dave, the Lads’ Club said: “Dave was nothing but exceptional in his role as Aberdeen Lads Club organiser.
After the draw concluded, Lloyd spoke live to the BBC and said: “Being in the Challenge Cup is amazing and I speak for all the lads and everyone involved with the club.
A group of lads on a stag-do have humiliated Just Stop Oil eco-fanatics during a protest in London.
Anderson said: "It gave the lads a bit of a boost going into Milan and such a big game.
Apparently the lads are doing all the big fat hits and “Nightshift” from his latest album (Only The Strong Survive)was a huge winner.
Asked what role he will look to play now whilst he is unavailable for selection, he said: “I’ve got to just make sure I own my mistake, keep trying to help the lads in any way I can.
A strong push from the lads in the final 10 minutes sees us come away with the draw.
Best of Luck to all the Leigh Leopards Squad and staff, smash it lads and bring the cup back to Leigh its gonna be a great day.
But there were others who let us down very late, and that was a disappointing aspect, and unfair to the rest of the lads on the panel,” felt Jordan.
Dave said: "They were pretty high cliffs but the lads were brilliant, and took us through it first.
Everyone is happier around the place, everyone is buzzing a little bit in training and that helped me settle in relatively quickly with the lads.
For any young guy just starting, like my two lads, it’s a worry.
For the lads who don't have kids and family here, they might struggle with it a bit more but I don't have time to think about it.
Good luck lads, enjoy yourselves playing at Wembley.
He said it has 'ripped him apart' and he was devastated he would not be able to go on a 'lads holiday' with Khia.
He said: “I’ve been training hard and had lots of sparring, against new opponents, such as Cori and Tion Gibbs (fellow pros), who are talented lads that I’ve never sparred with before.
He said: “The aim is always to play but personally I’m just enjoying learning off the gaffer, the senior lads, it’s really helping me having a full pre-season with everyone.
Common combinations with lads
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the lads 81×
- of lads 16×
- lads and 16×
- lads in 11×
- lads are 11×
- lads who 9×
- young lads 8×
- lads have 7×
- lads were 6×
- two lads 6×