pubescent
Example Sentences
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My face was also dotted with bright, red bites that accompanied my pubescent pimples.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
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
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
“What sort of flying motorcars do you have?” asked a pubescent boy named Horace, who wore a dark suit that made him look like an apprentice undertaker.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
