come of age
Example Sentences
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Trust in institutions and fellow citizens has declined, and many young people have come of age amid political polarization, technological and economic change, unhinged social media, Covid-era isolation and geopolitical uncertainty.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
A few minutes in we meet an Ann who has come of age, now played by Amanda Seyfried in a performance of unwavering conviction.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
We have to remember that the young adults sampled in the Yale poll are the first to come of age politically after the Great Recession and during the pandemic.
From Salon • May 8, 2025
Graffiti, or street art, has not just come of age, it is now an asset class.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2025
They had been born in the wartime years; they’d been raised by parents who’d come of age in the Depression, who threw nothing out, not even moldy food.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
