come of age
Example Sentences
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O’Hara is probably best known to generations of Americans who came of age in the 1990s thanks to her role as suburban mother Kate McCallister.
From Los Angeles Times
Namely, a generation of talented chefs of Caribbean descent came of age professionally just as diners were primed to crave the food from the region.
“I feel really lucky to have been coming of age in such an iconic moment,” she said.
Glass' groundbreaking moment came in 1976 when he premiered "Einstein on the Beach" -- a work that tore apart basic expectations of opera and marked a coming of age for the avant-garde.
From Barron's
Where you know him from is a Rorschach test for when you came of age.
From Los Angeles Times
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