come of age

1. see of age.

Example Sentences

Her story resonated with women who came of age in the 1950s, when traditional wives were the norm, then found themselves a decade later in a confusing new era of debate over gender roles.

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Malone’s slot is fitting, given that the Grammy-nominated artist came of age in Texas and his father once managed concessions for the Cowboys.

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Mike Burry came of age in a different money culture.

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Midthunder’s athletic portrayal of a woman coming of age on her own terms should, by rights, open more creators’ minds to the possibility of seeing more characters fit to follow her path.

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As Jimmy comes of age, the Winslows worry he’ll be caught up in the draft introduced in 1963 for young men to serve in Vietnam.

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