coming of age
Example Sentences
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“Those three years in the Peninsular War were a coming of age for William Miller,” Mr. Hemming writes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
“Agridulce” is an ethnomusicological documentary — it captures the music of a specific place and people and shows how the tradition is kept alive — that also doubles as a coming of age story.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
That tile so far has proved to perform well and be power-efficient, Altavilla said, and therefore “really signals a coming of age of 18A for Intel.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026
He played the titular Dawson Leery, a soft-hearted and naive high schooler coming of age in a small Massachusetts town.
From Salon • Feb. 11, 2026
They are not yet adults, but in that middle stage, late adolescence, coming of age.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
