come of age

Example Sentences

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Catherine Croft, director of campaign group Twentieth Century Society, said the "battle has been won and Brutalism has finally come of age".

From BBC

The company's new show is an ambitious production of a 2006 Broadway musical, a challenging coming of age story about a group of young people in a strict nineteenth century community.

From BBC

In the last decade, our country has changed so much as to be unrecognizable to those of us who came of age in the ‘60s and ‘70s.

From Salon

Finn: So much has been talked about Brevis from a young age and it finally feels like he has come of age.

From BBC

These were the places where I came of age in Puerto Rico.

From Los Angeles Times