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Example sentences for: adolescent

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

(At last year's Time magazine anniversary gala, I found myself positively tongue-tied, embarrassingly adolescent in my awkwardness, on being introduced to Lauren Bacall.)
To test the hypothesis that being an overweight or obese adolescent is associated with early appearance of glucose and lipid profile abnormalities, we performed a case-control study quantifying the odds ratio of overweight and obesity on these abnormalities through different Tanner's stages.
Inclusion versus exclusion of adult height, which might be on the causal pathway between adolescent diet and adult health, did not substantially alter the results reported.
What is frustrating about the current crusade to rein in teen-agers, though, is that it seems so, well, adolescent.
Certainly it is a macho, masculine kind of thing, with more than a touch of adolescent snobbery in one's familiarity with a special treasure, such as snafu or B.F.D. (q.v. for yourself).