How to Use puberty in a Sentence

puberty

noun
  • He reached puberty later than most of his classmates.
  • And the best way to think about that is again, puberty.
    Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 25 June 2023
  • Since the 1970’s, the age of puberty has gotten younger.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 23 Aug. 2022
  • While her peers are still in the throes of puberty, she’s already gone through menopause.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Hatching is about a lot of things: the horrors of puberty not least among them.
    Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2022
  • They are made of plants, so how would puberty happen to them?
    Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2020
  • On top of all that, girls are going through puberty at younger ages.
    Elissa Strauss, CNN, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Sheldon struggles to cope with the first signs of puberty.
    Rodney Ho, ajc, 15 May 2022
  • To kick-start puberty and calm the haters, Ritchson threw himself into the gym.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The timing of puberty plays a pivotal role in when a girl reaches their full adult height.
    Maria Carter, Parents, 5 July 2023
  • Joey, a boy soprano and the star of his choir, hits puberty just before the big contest the choir needs to win to stay alive.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Her singing hadn’t yet gone through the puberty of playing Etta James.
    New York Times, 25 July 2022
  • Young attributes the shift to puberty happening a lot sooner for kids than in the past.
    Devon Abelman, Allure, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Around the time of puberty, the risk of teenagers both getting and transmitting the virus increases.
    Lois Parshley, Science, 10 Dec. 2020
  • That year passed and, going through puberty yet again, testosterone changed my body and mind.
    Lara Americo, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2020
  • Or the fact that all three of her children with Donald Trump reached puberty inside its walls.
    Curbed, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The boys and girls were divided into two groups to learn about puberty.
    New York Times, 7 July 2021
  • Maybe her kid wasn’t trans; maybe her kid was just dealing with the regular angst of puberty.
    Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Learning this craft is a rite of passage when girls reach puberty.
    Daniel Grossman, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Most of us have just those types of memories from puberty.
    Lisa Jarvis, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2024
  • This is straight from the Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson puberty catalog.
    Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The pair later went back and forth over Hutchinson’s stance on puberty blockers.
    Brittany Bernstein, National Review, 3 May 2023
  • But under the new law, Brooke won't be able to get puberty-blocking hormones.
    Libby Cathey, ABC News, 21 July 2021
  • Think of it this way: A teen boy going through puberty has nothing on my peach fuzz and my mustache, thank you very much.
    Devon Abelman, Allure, 8 Aug. 2020
  • Which in fairness, were new to me until Sawyer and Coco went through puberty.
    Diane Farr, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
  • Willow is trans, and had been on puberty blockers since 2021.
    Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • All things considered, outer space is not the best place to hit puberty.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2021
  • The movie follows an 11-year-old girl who moves to a new town, struggles with puberty and leans on her mother for support.
    Ilana Frost, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Hormones: Hormonal changes during puberty lead to more oily skin, increasing your risk of breakouts.
    Casey Gallagher, Health, 25 Mar. 2025
  • In children, it’s only approved for precocious puberty and comes with side effects including bone damage, heart issues and seizures.
    Erika Edwards, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2025

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