8 sentences with 'adulthood'
Example sentences and phrases with the word adulthood and other words derived from it.
• « His decision to make Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) his heir was due to a simple fact: Aurelius was the first of the Five Good Emperors to have a biological son who survived to adulthood. »
• « Influenced by modernist philosophers, by great writers such as Shakespeare, and by Darwin's work on evolution, Freud came to believe that the mind itself 'evolved' from infancy to adulthood in a fundamentally hostile psychic environment. »
• « Freud believed that the human mind was almost always arrested in its progress towards mental health from childhood to adulthood. It was possible to be 'healthy', to be largely free of mental disorders, but it was also very difficult to reach that position. In turn, he hoped that his theories would create "the possibility of happiness". »
• « Despite the passion with which she responded to some of my kisses that summer and the next, for her I was part of the transition between childhood and the serious commitments of adulthood. »
• « However, due to scarce feeding grounds, poaching attacks and other catastrophes, only two panda cubs are likely to reach adulthood. »
• « For example, if you exercise and stay slim, you will mitigate your family's propensity for diabetes in adulthood. »
• « If you fear having a baby with birth defects or are concerned about a family history of disease in adulthood, you may want to consult a geneticist. »
• « Adolescence, as an extended period between childhood and adulthood, came into existence during the 20th century and has been growing in importance since the mid-1960s, mainly in large cities. »