Sentence examples for as lads from inspiring English sources

On Friday, the three sat laughing about their exploits as lads about town.

But the main difference between then and now is that we didn't in those days (the hearties excluded) think of ourselves as "lads".

The beam is generated by mixing chemicals in a reactor known as a COIL (chemical oxygen iodine laser) and packs a far bigger punch than the electrically generated beams emitted by systems such as LADS.

While sectors such as lads' magazines have seen a slew of title closures in part thanks to the rise of the internet, the health and fitness demographic has proved extremely resilient.

By contrast, Mike Booen, vice-president of Advanced Missile Defence and Directed Energy Weapons at Raytheon, observes, as long as LADS is supplied with electricity it has "an infinite magazine".And LADS is merely the most advanced of a group of anti-artillery lasers under development.

An extract from the policy argues that 'lad culture' promoters, such as lads mag websites and Facebook groups, "trivialize rape and by doing so contribute to a culturally permissible attitude to rape which is disgusting and cannot be allowed by our union".

He said he found it offensive the footballer had addressed him as "lad", saying: "In the context and the way he was asking it I did on that occasion".

Past hits such as Quo Vadis – the 1950s one, standing in for the 1913 version that was the Alhambra's first movie – sit alongside local fare, such as Lad: A Yorkshire Story, but world cinema is the real draw here.

And a crop of what would become known as "lad mags" picked up on the magazine's adolescent-male gaze, turning street-fashion brinksmanship and aspirational rituals of dressing up into a kind of shameless lust.

Peter Breck and Peggy McCay were cast as Lad's owners, renamed to Stephen and Elizabeth Tremayne.

To cast the role of Lad, a talent search was conducted, eventually resulting in the selection of a collie from the San Fernando Valley who was credited simply as "Lad".