grown-up
Example Sentences
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Ms. Merkel, who served as chancellor from 2005 through 2021, was for years treated as the great grown-up of Western politics: steady, pragmatic, reassuringly unexcitable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
We’re blessed that Fanning survived the transition from precocious child actor to grown-up movie star with the skills to play a fictional disaster rather than be one offscreen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
“I don’t feel like a grown-up yet, and now I pay a mortgage, and fix pipes and clean gutters.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Compared to the 30-year-old I interviewed five years ago, Piker looked considerably more grown-up.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
His dark hair is slightly ruffled, the grown-up version of his son’s mischievous look.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
