Words similar to coming-of-age

Example sentences for: coming-of-age

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Detractors say the film lacks any real sense of narrative continuity and feels like "bits and pieces of half a dozen coming-of-age films" (Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ).
It is -assumed the custom has origins in pre-Columbian cultures, as a coming-of-age ritual for young women.
The part about her sexual coming-of-age in San Francisco fares reasonably well.
Mainly negative takes on book reviewer Kirn's coming-of-age novel about a troubled 14-year-old boy who tries to replace his thumb-sucking habit with various other crutches, including smoking, drinking, and Ritalin.
But then, Herman Wouk didn't write his classic coming-of-age novel on the basis of female teen-age focus groups.