pubescent
Example Sentences
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A pubescent Usher temporarily lost his voice after recording the first album, pushing him to focus on honing his dance skills and stage presence.
From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024
To the moody strains of Sheik’s alt-rock score, the vise of adolescence is captured in a story about pubescent youths rebelling against the warping will of adult hypocrisy and repression.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023
All these form an enormous playground where monumental things happen at inopportune times, each song a zoetrope world built for consoling and commiserating with the pains of being pubescent.
From Washington Post • Jan. 17, 2023
His high-pitched voice would rise until it gave a pubescent crack, then he would return to normal as if all the air was out of the balloon.
From Slate • Mar. 2, 2021
He appeared barely pubescent but was walking with the dignity of a man double his age.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
