Adolescence

//ˌædəˈlɛsəns//

"Adolescence" in a Sentence (12 examples)

That very tune reminded me of my adolescence.

I cannot look back on my adolescence without feeling depressed.

How long adolescence continues is determined by biological factors.

Adolescence is viewed as time of transition.

In adolescence, I hated life and was continually on the verge of suicide, from which, however, I was restrained by the desire to know more mathematics.

The gesture of adolescence, which raves for this or that on one day with the ever-present possibility of damning it as idiocy on the next, is now socialized.

Adolescence is often a period of insecurity.

Adolescence is the stage between puberty and adultery.

Adolescence is a period of transition between childhood and adulthood.

I have dwelt ever in realms apart from the visible world; spending my youth and adolescence in ancient and little-known books, and in roaming the fields and groves of the region near my ancestral home.

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Near-synonyms: teenagehood, teenhood, teenagerhood, teenagedom, teenagerdom, teendom

During adolescence, the body and mind go through many complex changes, some of which are difficult to deal with.

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