coming of age
Example Sentences
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“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
He played the titular Dawson Leery, a soft-hearted and naive high schooler coming of age in a small Massachusetts town.
From Salon • Feb. 11, 2026
They are not yet adults, but in that middle stage, late adolescence, coming of age.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
