grown-up

Example Sentences

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Neither chewy, gooey nor crumbly, it was a grown-up way for me to get my chocolate fix—dessert and mouth freshener in one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

“That is the grown-up part of the AI story: Less sparkle, more spreadsheet.”

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

“The idea of being a grown-up, of being a man, was something I was searching for,” Gyllenhaal said.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

"Sometimes I feel he is more grown-up and I'm more childish," she says, "though I can be quite bossy."

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

And so while the rest of us played tag or bowl-the-hoop or had skate races down frozen canals in winter, Betsie sat and did dull grown-up things like embroidery.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom