rite of passage
Example Sentences
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Jess Douek, a singer who has chronic pain, has won funding to create Bristol's first fully-accessible grassroots music venue so emerging disabled artists aren't "locked out of that rite of passage".
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
"They were just going over to have a bit of fun and just doing the rite of passage that every, you know, child or teenager does. So that outcome was just devastating."
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
The stores sell dresses for proms, special occasions and quinceañeras, a Latin American rite of passage celebrating a young girl’s 15th birthday and her transition to adulthood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
Young superstars are remaking the high school rite of passage into a cultural phenomenon all their own, part victory lap and part personal branding opportunity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
Off we went on this Hindu rite of passage, Mother carrying me, Auntie propelling her.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
