How to Use young adult in a Sentence

young adult

adjective
  • The cells came from the bone marrow of three healthy young adult donors.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The spokesman said the victim was a male who was in his late teens or a young adult.
    Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
  • This cheeky quote will gain a smile from a dad with young adult kids.
    Nicole Harris, Parents, 16 Mar. 2024
  • The film is based on Green’s best-selling 2017 young adult novel of the same name.
    The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The film is based on Green’s best-selling 2017 young adult novel of the same name.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 1 May 2024
  • The officer’s daughter, 11 at the time, was a young adult.
    Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Learning a new skill at my age is not the same as learning it as a child or young adult.
    Washington Post, 12 July 2024
  • So, there’s no need to panic on behalf of your teen or young adult child.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
  • My young adult son Jason and I are crossing Riverside Drive to get to the park on the other side.
    Marie Myung-Ok Lee, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
  • That means a young adult’s payments to friends or funds received for a job could be visible to the public.
    Kimberly Palmer Of Nerdwallet, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The latest brouhaha over woke culture involves the children’s and young adult books of Roald Dahl.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
  • That’s also maybe some way of Sheldon dealing with his grief about his dad as a young adult is to focus on the bad things.
    Jim Halterman, Variety, 17 May 2024
  • In 2017, Cara cowrote a young adult novel, Mirror, Mirror, that was informed by the maelstrom of her teenage years.
    Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But, with my wife away and my young adult daughter locked down in California, my house would be dark.
    Sally Susman, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Hari Nef was funny and heartening and odd as a young adult with a wheelchair and a devilish sense of humor.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Other parents didn’t expect to have so much involvement in their kids’ young adult lives.
    Elizabeth Chang, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
  • In this young adult romance, Lila Reyes’ summer plans fall hopelessly apart.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
  • That's where the devotionals are, that's where the inspirational books are, that's where my business books are, that's where my children's books are, and young adult books.
    Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2023
  • That means instead of coming out as a young adult or even later on, kids are coming out in early adolescence.
    Sam Delgado, Vox, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Nine in 10 parents rate their relationships with their young adult children as good or excellent, and so do eight in 10 young adults.
    Claire Cain Miller, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • As somebody who as a child was forced out from a village and had to walk endlessly, as a young adult was forced out of home with three children walking 600 kilometers to a refugee camp.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2023
  • From there, Stenberg became a go-to star for young adult literary adaptations.
    Madeline Cisneros, EW.com, 19 May 2024
  • Royal Spin is co-written by Scobie and young adult novelist Robin Benway.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 18 July 2024
  • This wouldn’t be done as a threat, rather is gathering information and treating your son like a young adult, not a child to be controlled and manipulated.
    Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
  • After bouncing from job to job as a young adult, Guilbeau decided to help his dad with a small production in Louisiana.
    Wire Services, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Providers must do a better job supporting young adult patients through all the collateral damage that comes with cancer and its treatment.
    TIME, 23 Feb. 2024
  • So what habits and activities does generative AI recommend for a young adult who works a 9-5 remote job?
    Kara Peeler, Sunset Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Still, careful planners could deliberately oversave in a 529 plan to give a young adult a head start on retirement savings.
    Ron Lieber, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Based on Fiona Rosenbloom’s 2005 young adult novel, the movie is built around that Jewish ceremony in which a girl becomes recognized as an adult by the faith community.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The incident was both a distraction and her essence; Chika is smart, witty, creative, and admittedly mentally ill — and learning to cope as a young adult.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2023

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