formative

Example Sentences

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That was really formative and evolved my world.

From Los Angeles Times

The decades immediately before the so-called Golden Age of Athens, in the mid-fifth century B.C., were a formative time for the development of democracy.

From The Wall Street Journal

For Gen Z, whose members grew up in the smartphone era and spent formative years under pandemic lockdown, buying clothes and bubble tea in person feels novel and exciting.

From The Wall Street Journal

It meant a generation of youngsters in the area missed out on the chance to use the indoor facility like Carrick did in his formative years.

From BBC

The installation begins with works made in New York and San Francisco early on, providing a sense of what was at stake in the formative years.

From The Wall Street Journal