growing up

Example Sentences

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"We're growing up with this television show. And I think there's maybe this nostalgia in a way that there isn't for other things."

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Bargatze, 47, laid the foundation by delivering bits about being a basic American: growing up in a devout family.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The two share an inquisitive and child-like energy, turning heavy conversations about growing up broke, the solitude of incarceration, and desperate cries for attention, into something remarkably light.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Slaughter says growing up in apartheid South Africa gave him "a real grounding in what politics is and what power is about".

From BBC • May 10, 2026

“You’re growing up way too fast. Going on adventures without me!”

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young