young manhood
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No doubt there were plenty of super-chic casuals out there, avatars of sharply dressed, beautifully alienated young manhood.
From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2019
At one point in his young manhood, Knausgaard writes in Book 5, he worried that he might end up as just a critic; there were moments when I wished he had.
From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2018
That day, Patricius, his father, saw in him the signs of inquieta adulescentia, restless young manhood, and was—in Sarah Ruden’s new, strikingly colloquial translation—“over the moon” at the thought of someday soon having grandchildren.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 12, 2017
I did love poetry with a full, overflowing heart for most of my young manhood and, in fact, still do.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2016
From young manhood onward, however, the prospect of ending his life had more and more lost its fantastic quality.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
