How to Use puberty in a Sentence

puberty

noun
Definition of pubertynext
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The pair later went back and forth over Hutchinson’s stance on puberty blockers.
    — Brittany Bernstein, National Review, 3 May 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Pitched somewhere between a coming-of-age drama and a body horror movie, the film tells the story of a 12-year-old who becomes the first among her friends to reach puberty.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Oct. 2023
  • When puberty hits, that thing's really going to kick in.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The suit is a good option for a range of body types, including those going through puberty and changing quickly.
    — Isabella Ubaldi, Health, 24 May 2023
  • Some boys may start puberty a year or two later than average, as well.
    — Maria Carter, Parents, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Most states in the U.S. require parental consent for puberty blockers, which can begin as early as age 8.
    — Patrick Hauf, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2023
  • With that in mind, the academy urged doctors to be cautious in their use of hormones and puberty blockers for younger patients.
    — Karen Kaplanscience and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2022
  • The age of puberty for girls has been falling for decades, especially among Black and Asian Americans.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2024
  • High schools must also be conducive places of learning but are precarious as students are at one the most impressionable stages of life entering puberty.
    — Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024

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