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

The Harvard Study of Adult Development, one of the longest-running studies on adult life ever conducted, found that close relationships, not cholesterol or IQ, was a better predictor of health and happiness at 80. — Jan Gerber, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Akhavan stars as Leila, a young woman who has spent essentially her entire adult life in a relationship with a much-older girlfriend, Sadie (Maxine Peake), who wants to marry Leila. — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026

Despite having lived much of her adult life alongside tabloid photographers, Catherine, the Princess of Wales, is not generally prone to oversharing. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026

Personal life and legal trouble A$AP Rocky has faced legal trouble a few times in his adult life. — Leah Rachel Von Essen, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for adult life

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