How to Use adult in a Sentence

adult

1 of 2 adjective

• We need to approach this in an adult way.
• For the first time in my adult life, I was trapped in my home.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 21 Dec. 2019
• The 23-year-old man's adult girlfriend and a 3-year-old child were in the house with him.
  — Kevin Crowe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2017
• Goodall kept the plush chimp close throughout her adult life.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2020
• The new arrivals weigh about 550 pounds each, about half their adult weight.
  — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 3 Mar. 2020
• Now my adult daughter seemed to be a stranger to Beatrice.
  — Phillip Morris, cleveland.com, 18 Aug. 2019
• Polanco is now single for the first time in her adult life.
  — Patti Greco, Cosmopolitan, 18 June 2015
• Most of these critters will never reach adult life and learn to fly.
  — Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, WSJ, 20 June 2019
• During the drive, the woman asked Chavez to call her adult daughter about the arrest.
  — Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 4 Sep. 2019
• The night of the murder, Martinez, 44, was with his adult son at the Beauty Bar on 19th and Mission streets.
  — Evan Sernoffsky, SFChronicle.com, 20 Dec. 2019
• David has two adult children and two grandchildren with a third on the way.
  — Taylor M. Riley, The Courier-Journal, 1 Mar. 2018
• The app is available for both pediatric and adult units.
  — Naseem S. Miller, OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 July 2018
• My renters each have their own area in the house, as do I. My tenants are my adult children.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2020
• Rear-seat occupants get their own chairs, and the leg- and headroom is adult grade.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 18 Mar. 2020
• The adults are often housebound and lean on adult children.
  — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 18 Dec. 2017
• Margie and her husband, Mike, have two adult children with autism.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2019
• He is survived by his wife Yvose Bernard and three adult children.
  — Linda Trischitta, Sun-Sentinel.com, 14 June 2018
• Kittens are adopt-one-get-one-free and adult dogs are 50 percent off.
  — Deasia Paige, Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2018
• White continued to commit crimes and has spent much of his adult life in prison.
  — David Owens, courant.com, 22 June 2018
• Hunt's adult son, Ian, was caring for Midnight at his home at the time of the incident.
  — Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2020
• Here’s what some folks had to say on what parents owe (or don’t owe) their adult children.
  — Michelle Singletary, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2018
• The couple had three adult children, as well as one child who attends school, the sheriff said.
  — Ashley Remkus, AL.com, 2 Apr. 2018
• But neither Gary nor their two adult children was able to donate to Joan.
  — Stephanie Elam, CNN, 22 Dec. 2017
• For much of his adult life, Patrick, who once dreamed of writing graphic novels, has had no job and no prospects.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2018
• Thomas said she had never been yelled at before in public in her adult life.
  — Tribune Content Agency, al.com, 21 July 2019
• If a religion is any good, for that matter, there should be room enough for adult doubt, too.
  — Catherine Cusick, Longreads, 21 Feb. 2018
• Through high school and into adult life, music would play a profound role.
  — OregonLive.com, 21 Dec. 2017
• The novelty was not going to be kids saying adult things.
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2020
• Sheehan has spent much of his adult life in the Justice Center and has an attachment to it.
  — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 31 Dec. 2019
• Kirsten Gillibrand is one of so many who was baptized Catholic but doesn’t practice in her adult life.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 2 Sep. 2019

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adult

2 of 2 noun

• Her books appeal both to children and to adults.
• People who are close friends as children aren't always friends as adults.
• Children must be accompanied by an adult in the museum.
• This film is for adults only. Minors are not admitted.
• Only adults can purchase alcohol.
• As the adults drank cocktails on the lawn, kids took runs down the hill.
  — Brent Crane, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020
• Kids and adults can slide down and out the mouth of a 22-foot shark slide.
  — Susan Friedman, Orlando Signature, 23 June 2017
• An adult must be present for a child to stay overnight.
  — Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 30 Mar. 2022
• Ice skates are for rent for about $5 for kids and $10 for adults.
  — Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2019
• The adult son, whose name has not been released, died at the scene.
  — Star Tribune, 27 Aug. 2020
• The group’s logo showed a child’s hand in an adult hand.
  — Michael H. Keller, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
• This was arguably the hinge event in Putin's adult life.
  — Peter Bergen, CNN, 24 Mar. 2022
• In fact, there may be even more to do on Oct. 31 as an adult.
  — Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2022
• Sisk was 14 at the time, and is being tried as an adult.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 11 Aug. 2022
• Some had worked on the show for the entirety of their adult lives.
  — Meg Bernhard, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2022
• On stage was the Low Bar Chorale, a pop chorus for adults.
  — Bslovic, oregonlive, 16 July 2023
• As with the adult vaccine, the kid-sized dose seems to be safe to get the same day as a flu shot.
  — Caroline Catherman, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Nov. 2021
• That’s me, as an adult, in every aisle of the grocery store.
  — Danielle Bernabe, Bon Appétit, 11 Apr. 2022
• But touring has been such a huge part of my adult life.
  — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
• Kennedy grew up in Suffield and lived in Enfield as an adult.
  — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2022
• One is a juvenile and one is an adult, the sources said.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2020
• Adriana lay hurt and bruised on the hallway floor as the adult tried to help her up.
  — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2023
• One of the girls could be seen playing Uno with a friend while the adults settled for spades.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
• For ages 8 and up, those under 18 must be with an adult.
  — Jen Banowetz, chicagotribune.com, 21 Mar. 2022
• As adults, many of us are able to handle mean words, even lies.
  — Tierney McAfee, PEOPLE.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• And most of those bystanders are parents of teens and young adults.
  — Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2019
• The new set is geared for the adult collector and is almost 4,000 pieces.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2023
• But our spring breeding duck count, the adults, were good this year for most species.
  — John Myers, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2019
• Do not expect to control the adult stage, which is a moth with lawn sprays.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Sep. 2020
• And Dugan, as an adult, lays their head in their mother’s lap as a child would.
  — Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 9 May 2024