Examples of of age in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Whether set in Jewish eastern Europe or New York’s Lower East Side, Shtok’s range is on full display, from gossipy melodramas and elegiac reveries to coming of age portraits of shtetl adolescents and immigrant hustlers.
—
Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Publicly believed for most of his life to have been born in 1948, Vega was actually 10 years older, coming of age during the ascent of Elvis Presley and Gene Vincent.
—Alastair Shuttleworth, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2026
The process sidesteps the need for most users to provide identifiable information like a driver’s license, one of the main criticisms of age verification technologies due to privacy and security risks.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Wyatt came of age during the height of the post-World War II civil rights movement and moved to overwhelmingly segregated Austin in 1962.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for of age
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Publicly believed for most of his life to have been born in 1948, Vega was actually 10 years older, coming of age during the ascent of Elvis Presley and Gene Vincent.
—Alastair Shuttleworth, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2026
The process sidesteps the need for most users to provide identifiable information like a driver’s license, one of the main criticisms of age verification technologies due to privacy and security risks.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Wyatt came of age during the height of the post-World War II civil rights movement and moved to overwhelmingly segregated Austin in 1962.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for of age
Cite this Entry
“Of age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20age. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
