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