Example sentences for: adolescents

How can you use “adolescents” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Yes, the violent crime arrest rate among adolescents has increased by 65 percent since 1980, but it has risen by 66 percent among adults between 30 and 50.

  • In the post-World War II years, urban strife and suburban anomie gave rise to school violence of the sorts broadly rendered by Hollywood in the 1955 films Rebel Without a Cause and Blackboard Jungle . The nation waxed hysterical over "juvenile delinquency," as the vogue phrase had it--alienated adolescents unaccountably sullen in the bountiful Eisenhower years.

  • For example, levels of leptin are increased among overweight children and adolescents [ 23 24 ] , and this hormone is secreted by adipocytes.

  • Although his study of adolescents found reductions in risky behavior and alcohol-related harm, he was disappointed to find no effect on drinking.

  • Adolescents of both sexes, with BMI ≥ 85 thare at increased risk of impaired fasting lipid profiles, with odds ratios of 9.1 and higher.


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