adult life

noun

: the period from the time one became an adult

I've worked here all of my adult life.

Examples of adult life in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Born in Palestine but displaced to Egypt as a child because of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, the righteous but mild-mannered Odeh dedicated his adult life to combating discrimination against his people in America. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2026

Wang said Pop Mart’s task today is not only to sell a collectible but to preserve a sense of playfulness that people can carry into adult life. — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026

One of them is José Antonio Bañuelos-Díaz, 42, who applied for citizenship in October 2025 after living in the country for 40 years and spending his entire adult life as a legal permanent resident. — Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026

Born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, in 1903, Hepworth spent much of her adult life in St Ives, Cornwall. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for adult life

• afterlife
• pocketknife
• alewife
• birdlife
• folklife
• housewife
• jackknife
• midlife
• midwife
• nightlife
• penknife
• wildlife