How to Use puberty in a Sentence
puberty
noun- He reached puberty later than most of his classmates.
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And the best way to think about that is again, puberty.
—Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 25 June 2023
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Since the 1970’s, the age of puberty has gotten younger.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 23 Aug. 2022
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While her peers are still in the throes of puberty, she’s already gone through menopause.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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Hatching is about a lot of things: the horrors of puberty not least among them.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2022
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On top of all that, girls are going through puberty at younger ages.
—Elissa Strauss, CNN, 11 Oct. 2022
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Sheldon struggles to cope with the first signs of puberty.
—Rodney Ho, ajc, 15 May 2022
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To kick-start puberty and calm the haters, Ritchson threw himself into the gym.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
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The timing of puberty plays a pivotal role in when a girl reaches their full adult height.
—Maria Carter, Parents, 5 July 2023
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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
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Her singing hadn’t yet gone through the puberty of playing Etta James.
—New York Times, 25 July 2022
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Around the time of puberty, the risk of teenagers both getting and transmitting the virus increases.
—Lois Parshley, Science, 10 Dec. 2020
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Or the fact that all three of her children with Donald Trump reached puberty inside its walls.
—Curbed, 12 Sep. 2023
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The boys and girls were divided into two groups to learn about puberty.
—New York Times, 7 July 2021
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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
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Most of us have just those types of memories from puberty.
—Lisa Jarvis, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2024
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This is straight from the Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson puberty catalog.
—Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 11 Feb. 2022
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The pair later went back and forth over Hutchinson’s stance on puberty blockers.
—Brittany Bernstein, National Review, 3 May 2023
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But under the new law, Brooke won't be able to get puberty-blocking hormones.
—Libby Cathey, ABC News, 21 July 2021
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Which in fairness, were new to me until Sawyer and Coco went through puberty.
—Diane Farr, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
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Willow is trans, and had been on puberty blockers since 2021.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
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All things considered, outer space is not the best place to hit puberty.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2021
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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
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What could be more painful than reliving the hellish torment of puberty?
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2021
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A couple of years removed from puberty, Tuttle wanted to be the man.
—Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Dec. 2020
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She was put on puberty blockers, and then quickly switched to testosterone.
—Breccan F. Thies, Washington Examiner, 27 July 2023
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But there was still something about her car-hood acrobatics that helped many teens of the time get through puberty.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2021
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One of the highlights this season was seeing Molly evolve and go through puberty.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 June 2022
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Children who have not reached puberty are not required to fast for the entire month but some may participate in periods of symbolic fasting, according to the Islamic Network Group.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
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Another study from the American Academy of Pediatrics found that transgender youths who had access to puberty blockers had lower rates of suicide.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
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