How to Use adult life in a Sentence
adult life
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At just 18, Quinn seemed to have his whole adult life ahead of him.
—Will Lanzoni, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2023
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The species' adult life only lasts about four to six weeks.
—Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2024
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Jack hasn’t spent much of his adult life in the 3rd District and got into the race late.
—Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 June 2024
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Much of her adult life, in some ways, Gilbert ran from Laura.
—Laura Trujillo, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
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Even in my adult life and my new family, most of us are artists.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
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Then came the response that set Leydon on a course that’s consumed most of her adult life.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024
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Duncan Crabtree-Ireland has worked for the union for most of his adult life.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 7 Nov. 2023
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People have been predicting the death of the necktie for about 50 years, or most of my adult life.
—Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2023
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For the first time in his adult life, Stetson Bennett IV spent a fall away from football.
—Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 28 May 2024
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Henry IV is said to have taken only two baths in his adult life.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2023
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The younger Mills was born with glaucoma, had poor eyesight for much of his adult life and went blind in the years before his death.
—Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
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Cataldo Maria made a choice two years ago as a high school senior that shaped the beginning of his adult life.
—Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2024
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Erin has struggled with addiction for much of her adult life.
—Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 26 Apr. 2023
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There’s no reason to think Biden will leave, as he’s craved the presidency his whole adult life.
—David Mark, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 July 2024
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For most of her adult life, Stewart had avoided watching the movie that launched her onto the public’s radar.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 11 Jan. 2024
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My father possessed many virtues but for most of his adult life sobriety was not one of them.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2024
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Josh fought every single day for most of his adult life, for his life, but this past Sunday, the challenge was too great.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2024
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At 7 feet tall, Brad Miller’s adult life has been spent towering above most others.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
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Chandler has lived in cities with failing air quality grades for most of her adult life.
—The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2023
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There are no longer many career ladders set firmly in place early in adult life.
—Laura Vanderkam, WSJ, 30 May 2023
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Whitmer, who is fifty-one, has worked in the capital for nearly her entire adult life.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
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My mom is from Amsterdam, and so my mom has been a cannabis smoker pretty much all of her adult life.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 June 2024
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He has been entangled in the legal system in one way or another for most of his adult life.
—James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2023
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The Body Remembers, her first album in 20 years, was a statement about adult life, love, and renewal.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2023
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Her adult life began at age 7, with an act of alien intrusion, with the roar of Saddam’s helicopters.
—Amal El-Mohtar, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
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But Biden has been running for office almost his entire adult life.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2024
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Almost all of Smith’s adult life took place in captivity.
—Annalisa Quinn, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
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For more than half a century, or just about all his adult life, football was all Eddie Robinson did.
—Kevin B. Blackistone, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
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Tyler had struggled with addiction and depression for most of his adult life.
—Greg Jaffe and Patrick Marley, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2023
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Male crickets begin chirping soon after reaching adulthood and continue throughout their adult life, which can last from a few weeks to a couple of months.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2024
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