When a child becomes an adolescent, his body changes in many ways.
When I was an adolescent, I questioned everything in my life.
During adolescence, teenagers often prefer the company of their peers to that of their family.
In adolescence, a boy's voice changes,
becoming much lower over a period of a few months.
He didn't get in any trouble as an adolescent because he was so busy playing sports.
The guy is over 30, but he has kind of an adolescent sense of humor.
A group of adolescents were hanging around the park, laughing and
playing frisbee.
John Ciardi once said that one doesn't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.
Patricia Meyer Spacks once suggested that an artist is like an adolescent: a dreamer and a revolutionary.
Earl Wilson once joked that snow and
adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.
Someone once remarked that adolescence is a period of rapid changes. Between the ages of 12 and 17, for example, a parent ages as much as 20 years.
Studies show that about 7 percent of American adolescents may be addicted to gambling.
Someone once joked that adolescence is the period when children are certain they will never be as stupid as their parents.
Recent research shows that children born to adolescent mothers are more likely to be poor, and to receive inadequate healthcare and education.
There were a group of adolescents standing outside the arena, smoking and yelling at passersby.
Male elephants are driven from their herd by the dominant females when they reach adolescence.
Discussion question: How has your character changed since you were an adolescent?
Find someone who has an adolescent sister or brother.