How to Use coming-of-age in a Sentence

coming-of-age

noun

• The coming-of-age film has been with us as long as film itself.
  — Scott Phillips, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
• The world of pigeon racing gets the spotlight in the new coming-of-age movie Little Wing.
  — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
• The two Swains starred together in the coming-of-age indie Tart (2001).
  — Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2025
• The play tells the coming-of-age story of a young girl who tries to find beauty and joy in everyday life.
  — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024
• The film is an adaptation of Fiona Rosenbloom’s coming-of-age novel of the same name.
  — Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 10 Aug. 2023
• From charming coming-of-age tales to a contender for the scariest movie of the year, this list includes links on where to find them.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
• Halfway though the new coming-of-age movie My Old Ass, things start to get really weird.
  — Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
• Three young girls get their skate on at a roller rink in Chicago in this new coming-of-age comedy.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
• There is the development of the younger man, who has a very standard coming-of-age story.
  — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
• After The Goonies, Feldman went on to star in other blockbuster coming-of-age films.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2023
• The coming-of-age drama has always filmed in and around Los Angeles.
  — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
• Netflix announced last year that the fourth season of the coming-of-age comedy would be its last.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023
• It’s described as a coming-of-age story about a young penguin named Steve in the Antarctic who is looking for a mate and a home.
  — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 16 July 2024
• The coming-of-age film is about an 18-year-old girl who has aged out of Miami’s foster system.
  — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
• Sheedy had her breakthrough in the 1980s as a member of the Brat Pack – a group of young actors who regularly starred in coming-of-age movies at the time.
  — Raven Brunner, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
• The coming-of-age tell follows a group of teenagers over a sultry summer that will change their lives forever.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 2023
• The group of young Hollywood stars, including Cryer and McCarthy, rose to fame in the 1980s through their coming-of-age films.
  — Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 8 June 2024
• The coming-of-age superhero tale comes from the DC Comics universe and is set to arrive in theaters this August.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2023
• The coming-of-age story follows one summer in the lives of sisters Satsuki and Mei.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023
• The coming-of-age story follows one summer in the lives of sisters Satsuki and Mei.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
• The show’s establishing beats are its most stale, which makes sense given the textbook coming-of-age premise.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2023
• Helmed by Jon Watts and Christopher Ford, the series is a coming-of-age story set against the perils and mysteries of the galaxy.
  — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 3 Nov. 2024
• This is pretty much Bieber’s off-duty template: a sort of fledgling tomboy that might have played the anti-hero in a ’90s coming-of-age movie.
  — Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2024
• The vibes are indeed there at the start–from the coming-of-age wonder that made '80s Amblin movies a hit, to the witty banter and tech savviness of today's tween.
  — Devonne Goode, Parents, 3 Dec. 2024
• The final scene of the coming-of-age action drama’s first season is the first scene of its source material.
  — Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Apr. 2025
• Her coming-of-age comedy Margot was featured on the 2020 Black List.
  — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2024
• The coming-of-age film followed a group of friends who grew up in the titular town of Falkenberg and spend a last summer there before moving to the big city.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Mar. 2023
• But the thing about coming-of-age tales, Harjo notes, is that eventually the characters come of age.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 Aug. 2023
• Chock full of returning favorites and a few new friends, the heartfelt coming-of-age movie holds a special place for plenty of adults and kids alike.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
• The best Anthony Hopkins roles The film is described as a coming-of-age tale, and there aren’t many stories about women from this era.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2024