coming of age
Example Sentences
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The coming of age story, Mountain, directed by Celyn Jones, was filmed in his home town of Holyhead, on Anglesey.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
“I was trying to reconcile the absence of my own dad with my own 30-year-old self coming of age and thinking about becoming a dad,” Vargas explained.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
Some might call those words prophetic but any rabbinical aspiration Israel had in her youth would have to wait—as the field wasn’t open to women when she was coming of age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
That tile so far has proved to perform well and be power-efficient, Altavilla said, and therefore “really signals a coming of age of 18A for Intel.”
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 25, 2026
Our kids were coming of age during what felt like a unique time.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
