grown-up

Example Sentences

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A place where one can come for the fantasy, and stay for the chicken etouffee and the Hex Breaker, a tiki-style, rum-heavy drink for grown-up sorcerers.

From Los Angeles Times

Maybe your parents insisted you eat your vegetables before your dessert, but now that you’re a grown-up, you can treat yourself first: Take your downtime at the beginning of the day, before you tackle your job.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I mean, I really, really want to make the basketball team. But even if I make it in seventh and eighth grades, then there’s high school to deal with. Whoa. And then there’s college, and being a grown-up. It’s all pretty scary, don’t you think?”

From Literature

“You know. If you’re going to get all worried about being a grown-up, you might as well figure out what’s going to happen when you’re ninety years old and you die,” Jonah said.

From Literature

“When you’re a grown-up,” Jonah said, “you can try to find your birth parents. You won’t need your mom and dad’s permission for anything then. And until then—until then, I swear, I’ll do everything I can to help you.”

From Literature