growing pains

Example Sentences

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Ms. Hillgrove, now 79 years old, came of age at a time when America itself was having growing pains.

From The Wall Street Journal

He also said the delays had been the result of "severe growing pains".

From BBC

It’s important to point out that these aren’t temporary growing pains.

From MarketWatch

Pustilnikov chalked the issues up to growing pains, given the scale of the acquisition.

From Los Angeles Times

Baylee said she thinks the negative reaction to the countdowns and album rollout are “growing pains” from Swift’s career reaching the stratosphere with the Eras Tour.

From Los Angeles Times