Clarence was a sturdy lad of some fourteen summers.

He's a sturdy little lad with curls as blond as Eriond's used to be.

By this time I had grown into a sturdy, broad-shouldered lad, and every month added to my strength and my stature.

Fortunately they had no weapons, but they fairly threw themselves upon the sturdy lad, trying to pull him down.

Brannel's mother thought such a request would be approved since Brannel was a sturdy lad and would grow to be a strong worker.

Christian held his eldest child, now a sturdy lad of three years, on his lap.

She pointed at a sturdy lad beside her and tried to take the pastry away from the youngest child at the same time.

"Nice sturdy little lad you've got there," I remarked to Jenny, who was sorting through her mending basket in search of a button.

His oldest child, Noah, a sturdy lad of six, climbed upon his knee and plied him with questions.

He is a sturdy lad, and has come to little harm.