Words similar to adolescent

Example sentences for: adolescent

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What is frustrating about the current crusade to rein in teen-agers, though, is that it seems so, well, adolescent.
The latest in a wash of Scream -bred teen horror flicks is roundly panned as a "disappointing adolescent thriller starring no one you ever heard of" (Michael O'Sullivan, the Washington Post ). Despite a promising premise--high-school students are lobotomized into conformity by a guidance counselor and their parents--the film is said to be packed with clichés (faces in windows, hands on shoulders) and lacking either an ironic or a frightening touch.
Future studies of the relation between adolescent diet and risk of breast cancer are warranted and should include a more complete assessment of diet.
A 13-year-old boy interviewed by the Los Angeles Times pays her the ultimate adolescent male compliment: "Michelle Akers, she's my thug."
Salinger's great classic The Catcher in the Rye is about an adolescent and has visceral appeal to adolescents of all ages.