How to Use adolescence in a Sentence

adolescence

noun
Definition of adolescencenext
Synonyms for adolescencenext
  • Their children are on the verge of adolescence.
  • He struggled through his adolescence.
  • But the genre in the 1970s was still in its adolescence.
    — Big Boi With Ted Scheinman, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2023
  • Once adolescence got them in its grip, the tenor of the visits changed.
    — Amy Randall, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Sep. 2022
  • On the brink of adolescence, Ian’s and Roland’s paths diverge.
    — Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Most of the time, those rapid and intense mood shifts are a normal part of adolescence.
    — Amy Morin, Parents, 23 July 2024
  • These are the all-too-real emotions of adolescence and, at times, of life.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Among them: love, heartbreak, and the angst of adolescence and adulthood.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Jo is a girl who longs to be a boy, to go to war with her father and enjoy the ruggedness of adolescence.
    — Ivelisse Rodriguez, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The rates were also lower in this age group than were seen in adolescence.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 19 May 2022
  • Having spent his adolescence in the Detroit area, Smith sought to bring his skills back to a place that felt like home.
    — Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024
  • He’s grown a goatee and added muscle to his frame, but still has the same laugh and sincere smile of his adolescence.
    — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Now, with the help of his two friends, Danny fights ghosts while dealing with the daily stress of adolescence.
    — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The study, called the ABCD study, is the largest of its kind to map brain development during adolescence.
    — al, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Not that the movie subscribes to the idea of adolescence as a carefree, unburdened time.
    — A.a. Dowd, Washington Post, 14 June 2022
  • Sometimes Adebimpe sounds like a stoned drill sergeant, and at other times like a kid on the brink of adolescence.
    — Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The music of my adolescence is the subject of another series at the Coolidge.
    — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
  • The movie tells the story of four friends who meet in adolescence in 1970s Roxbury, and fall into a life of drug dealing and street crime.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2021
  • All those places had their moments; none made it past adolescence.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
  • My mouth was now a barricade between me and the onslaught of adolescence, a broke-glass fence around my body.
    — Safiya Sinclair, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
  • For their part, my parents were baffled at the changes that had come over me since early adolescence.
    — Lucy Sante, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The look and feel of the show are as superheated as adolescence itself.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2021
  • That might have been adolescence or testosterone or whatever the f--- was running through my body at the time.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
  • Her teenage blog, called Dua Daily, was a diary of Gen Z adolescence.
    — Jen Wang, Vogue, 10 May 2022
  • Twizzle would be great in any home willing to love and care for her through her puppy adolescence.
    — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The bevy of emotions that come up about adolescence is universal, said the actor.
    — Alicia Rancilio, ajc, 4 May 2022
  • But these shows kept the camera going even as the characters aged out of adolescence.
    — Nina Li Coomes, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Cooking is her current therapy I was born and raised in Jamaica and came to the States in my late adolescence.
    — Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Moss, who is in her late forties, has struggled with anorexia since adolescence.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Looking for a bunk bed that can graduate from childhood to adolescence?
    — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024

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