grown-up

Example Sentences

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But for the admissions essay, the dry and uninspired robot voice turns one teenager after the next into only the archetype of a teenager, writing like a grown-up.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

And yet, for more than 75 years now, Fairyland has had a grown-up sized influence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

So I set out to create it: a blueberry muffin with a seasonally appropriate soul — deeper, darker, more fragrant, a little more grown-up.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

Her grown-up children, who she hadn't seen in two years, were in Oslo to greet her.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

After all, at sixteen she was nearer a grown-up than a child, but she had missed a great deal of what most people think of as childhood, and now she could have her fill.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood