coming of age
Example Sentences
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“I was trying to reconcile the absence of my own dad with my own 30-year-old self coming of age and thinking about becoming a dad,” Vargas explained.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 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
The company's new show is an ambitious production of a 2006 Broadway musical, a challenging coming of age story about a group of young people in a strict nineteenth century community.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026
They are not yet adults, but in that middle stage, late adolescence, coming of age.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
