come of age

phrase

: to reach maturity

Your class has come of age at a moment of great consequence for our nation and for the world …

—Barack Obama

Examples of come of age in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The companies are betting that as the next generation of fashion enthusiasts comes of age, an even larger wedge of their wallets will go to secondhand fashion. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Undergraduate education, credentialing, scientific research, professionalization, and coming of age still occupy the same campuses. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026

Over the next ten years, Israa comes of age across borders and cultures in this stunning documentary. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

Three new technologies, all coming of age at the turn of the millennium, allowed much of the planet to see the same image, concurrently. — David Friend, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for come of age

• alienage
• assuage
• backstage
• bocage
• downstage
• engage
• enrage
• leafage
• messuage
• offstage
• onstage
• outrage