coming-of-age
noun
com·ing-of-age
ˈkə-miŋ-əv-ˈāj 
: the attainment of prominence, respectability, recognition, or maturity
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His other big-screen roles over the years include the coming-of-age musical Sing Street (2016), Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017), and the Angelina Jolie smokejumper thriller Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021).
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Danny Horn, EW.com, 14 July 2024
Daisy Edgar-Jones starred as Marianne alongside Paul Mescal as Connell in the hit coming-of-age BBC romantic drama based on the bestselling novel by Sally Rooney.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 13 July 2024
Lauria played the Arnold patriarch in the coming-of-age series which ran from 1988 to 1993, while Mills played his wife.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 13 July 2024
But the film is never pandering in its message, but instead only in the plot-driving, dramatic beats that must drive the contours of a coming-of-age story.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 12 July 2024
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Danny Horn, EW.com, 14 July 2024
Daisy Edgar-Jones starred as Marianne alongside Paul Mescal as Connell in the hit coming-of-age BBC romantic drama based on the bestselling novel by Sally Rooney.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 13 July 2024
Lauria played the Arnold patriarch in the coming-of-age series which ran from 1988 to 1993, while Mills played his wife.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 13 July 2024
But the film is never pandering in its message, but instead only in the plot-driving, dramatic beats that must drive the contours of a coming-of-age story.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 12 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for coming-of-age
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