Adolescence is an English word with synonyms like immaturity. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Adolescence meaning
The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity, beginning at the onset of puberty and with an endpoint defined either legally (at the age of majority, such as 18 in many jurisdictions) or psychocognitively (at various ages, depending on individual experience).
Synonyms of Adolescence
Using Adolescence
- The main meaning on this page is: The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity, beginning at the onset of puberty and with an endpoint defined either legally (at the age of majority, such as 18 in many jurisdictions) or psychocognitively (at various ages, depending on individual experience).
- Useful related words include: time of life, immaturity, immatureness.
- In the example corpus, adolescence often appears in combinations such as: adolescence and, and adolescence, of adolescence.
Context around Adolescence
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 6 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Adolescence
- In this selection, "adolescence" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, own, main, teenage, main, friendship and fledge stand out and add context to how "adolescence" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include childhood and adolescence and adolescence main adolescence. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "adolescence" sits close to words such as adultery, ante and aramco, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with adolescence
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It had been going on long before their adolescence. (9 words)
Floyd King grew into adolescence in Blackfoot and nearby Taber, Idaho. (11 words)
It's a poignant and honest portrayal of adolescence, friendship, and loss. (12 words)
Research has shown that adolescence is a time of identity progression rather than regression. citation One's identity tends to lack stability in the beginning years of life but gains a more stable sense in later periods of childhood and adolescence. (41 words)
Adolescence main Adolescence is the period of life between the onset of puberty and the full commitment to an adult social role, such as worker, parent, and/or citizen. (29 words)
It's not easy to be a good one, and it can be frightening when children, even after a healthy childhood and adolescence, fledge and fly away. (27 words)
Example sentences (20)
Burnham invites us to recall our own adolescence, and also to consider how adolescence has changed in the time of social media.
Adolescence main Adolescence is the period of life between the onset of puberty and the full commitment to an adult social role, such as worker, parent, and/or citizen.
Research has shown that adolescence is a time of identity progression rather than regression. citation One's identity tends to lack stability in the beginning years of life but gains a more stable sense in later periods of childhood and adolescence.
Based on the graphic novel series by Alice Oseman, is a modern coming-of-age tale that poignantly addresses issues of identity in adolescence.
Floyd King grew into adolescence in Blackfoot and nearby Taber, Idaho.
For one of my friends, it was “The Outsiders,” discovered at just the right moment of adolescence.
I am the adult child of an explosive, intolerant, narcissistic father, who found gratification in his harsh treatment of me throughout my childhood and adolescence.
In the midst of her blossoming music, TV, and movie career, the actress even wrote a book to guide young teen girls through adolescence.
It had been going on long before their adolescence.
It's a poignant and honest portrayal of adolescence, friendship, and loss.
It's not easy to be a good one, and it can be frightening when children, even after a healthy childhood and adolescence, fledge and fly away.
Later, in adolescence, children experience peer pressure, which makes digital negotiations a real headache for parents.
Our brains are plastic at all ages, including in adulthood, but during adolescence, neuroplasticity in certain brain regions is heightened.
The Netflix mental health movie explores the value of talking openly about mental illness, whether as a result of teenage adolescence, grief, or abuse.
This scattershot approach might leave many layers of Haruka and Misuzu's lives underdeveloped, but it does reflect the fleeting nature of young love and adolescence.
To everyone else, it’s a universal emblem of adolescence — a time when girls develop faster than boys and everyone takes themselves a little too seriously.
And once mental illness begins in adolescence, it often persists throughout a person's adult life.
Canine adolescence is often accompanied by behavior changes that can be perplexing for pet parents.
During adolescence, substantial changes take place to enable the brain to reach maturity.
During the summer before starting high school, 13-year-old Chris Wang navigates the complexities of adolescence in a Northern California suburb.
Common combinations with adolescence
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- adolescence and 20×
- and adolescence 18×
- of adolescence 18×
- in adolescence 17×
- during adolescence 17×
- early adolescence 9×
- adolescence in 8×
- through adolescence 8×
- adolescence is 7×
- his adolescence 7×