How to Use puberty in a Sentence

puberty

noun
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  • 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
  • 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
  • Her singing hadn’t yet gone through the puberty of playing Etta James.
    — New York Times, 25 July 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • What could be more painful than reliving the hellish torment of puberty?
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2021
  • She was put on puberty blockers, and then quickly switched to testosterone.
    — Breccan F. Thies, Washington Examiner, 27 July 2023
  • One of the highlights this season was seeing Molly evolve and go through puberty.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 June 2022
  • The feedback comes at a time when many states are banning hormone treatment and puberty blockers for youth.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Finally, this is a good time to discuss puberty and all of its beauty and misery.
    — Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2021
  • When Gallo was 12, doctors put them on testosterone, forcing them to go through puberty as a boy.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2023
  • And what happens to a young girl turned into an icon before even hitting puberty?
    — Rhonda Garelick, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
  • At the onset of puberty, teens have a circadian rhythm shift, and their body clocks shift to a later schedule.
    — Matt Villano, CNN, 7 June 2022
  • Some critics point out that youth who take puberty blockers may change their minds about their gender identity later in life.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
  • However, the 6-3 conservative majority court will only hear arguments puberty blockers and hormone therapy; a lower court judge said plaintiffs did not have legal standing to challenge the surgery ban.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024

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