| Surely, there are greater crusades in life than fighting acne in adolescence and wrinkles in old age. |
| Puberty is the first phase of adolescence, the time when sexual maturity becomes evident. |
| He learnt to become an observer and a narrator because so much of his childhood and adolescence was spent in bed. |
| Her arrival in the city stimulates a series of memories of childhood and adolescence both in herself and other people. |
| For some the confidence of adolescence is replaced with questions and doubt, marking the transition to adulthood. |
| Born in Calcutta, Murray spent most of her childhood and adolescence in India. |
