Example sentences for: grown-up

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

  • What's revolutionary about Dolly is that the DNA that created her was taken from a grown-up, differentiated cell.

  • But it's hard to read a hand-held computer while on the treadmill at the health club or while driving a car--or, for that matter, while at your grown-up computer.

  • One of the many things I dislike about being a grown-up is the compulsion to have a purpose in life.

  • But since I was recently called a "callow, superficial, self-obsessed bunny" by one of Slate 's readers (I didn't mind the adjectives, but "bunny" kind of hurt), I guess I should skip the Kevin Smith and Moesha ruminations and get on to the "grown-up" news (damn, that means I have to skip the Journal feature on the @ symbol!)

  • Throughout the entire debate, in fact, Bradley's facial expressions and body language were those of a grown-up compelled to contend with an obnoxious punk.


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