How to Use adult life in a Sentence

adult life

noun

• At just 18, Quinn seemed to have his whole adult life ahead of him.
  — Will Lanzoni, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2023
• The species' adult life only lasts about four to six weeks.
  — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2024
• Jack hasn’t spent much of his adult life in the 3rd District and got into the race late.
  — Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 June 2024
• Much of her adult life, in some ways, Gilbert ran from Laura.
  — Laura Trujillo, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
• Even in my adult life and my new family, most of us are artists.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
• For most of his adult life, Ángel Cabrera, 57, has been at school.
  — Emma Whitford, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
• No one—or almost no one—dreams of living an adult life from a tent.
  — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 31 July 2024
• Then came the response that set Leydon on a course that’s consumed most of her adult life.
  — Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024
• Duncan Crabtree-Ireland has worked for the union for most of his adult life.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 7 Nov. 2023
• People have been predicting the death of the necktie for about 50 years, or most of my adult life.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2023
• Life is still messy, and also the real adult life is knocking right.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2024
• Full, grew up in and out of foster care and started her adult life homeless.
  — Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
• For the first time in his adult life, Stetson Bennett IV spent a fall away from football.
  — Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 28 May 2024
• Henry IV is said to have taken only two baths in his adult life.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2023
• Bell, who survived a 1997 bout with colon cancer, has spent most of his adult life helping that cause.
  — Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 28 July 2024
• The younger Mills was born with glaucoma, had poor eyesight for much of his adult life and went blind in the years before his death.
  — Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
• Cataldo Maria made a choice two years ago as a high school senior that shaped the beginning of his adult life.
  — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2024
• Erin has struggled with addiction for much of her adult life.
  — Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 26 Apr. 2023
• Now his only wish is to leave the state prison yards he’s known for most of his adult life and go behind federal bars.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
• There’s no reason to think Biden will leave, as he’s craved the presidency his whole adult life.
  — David Mark, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 July 2024
• For most of her adult life, Stewart had avoided watching the movie that launched her onto the public’s radar.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 11 Jan. 2024
• My father possessed many virtues but for most of his adult life sobriety was not one of them.
  — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2024
• Josh fought every single day for most of his adult life, for his life, but this past Sunday, the challenge was too great.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2024
• In effect, guardians serve as their wards’ proxies in all other aspects of adult life.
  — Eugene R. Schnitzler, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024
• At 7 feet tall, Brad Miller’s adult life has been spent towering above most others.
  — Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
• Chandler has lived in cities with failing air quality grades for most of her adult life.
  — The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2023
• The interview is centered on reminiscences of the start of Leo’s adult life.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2024
• The flight, spanning five-to-eight days, takes up to half the adventurous animals' adult life.
  — New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2024
• Cheryl Burke is sharing how past trauma has impacted her adult life.
  — Liza Esquibias, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
• Even Ted had hidden his secret Disney-loving identity for much of his adult life.
  — Darryn King, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 28 Feb 2025