pubescent
Example Sentences
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Yes, there’s a long tradition of teasing boys for trying to grow beards beyond their pubescent abilities.
From Slate • Jan. 31, 2024
My pubescent nerves did a pirouette in my stomach as we hung up, retreating to the haven of instant messages.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2024
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
As the furor over "Turning Red" reveals, periods – especially the first ones that a pubescent child experiences – are not widely embraced as acceptable on our screens.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2022
His pubescent voice was cracking from the stress.
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.
