come of age
Example Sentences
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Like Will, he was a boy coming of age in his own upside down dimension — fame — while stepping into his true self.
From Los Angeles Times
And your comments about your mother-in-law are likely as much rooted in the political and economic time she came of age, as they are in your ability to manage this relationship.
From MarketWatch
And he came of age in the long shadow of modern art’s towering and, he felt, likely terminal -isms.
Ultimately, the show is more about childhood, coming of age and leaving that behind for a new part of your life.
From Los Angeles Times
As an American who came of age in the 1990s, I grew up believing that war — real war — didn’t exist for us anymore.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
