Examples of 'grown-up' in a sentence

Meaning of "grown-up"

Grown-up is a term used to refer to an adult or a person who has reached maturity. In English, the phrase 'grown-up' is often used to distinguish between children or minors and adults. It implies the individual is responsible, mature, and capable of making independent decisions. The phrase can also be used as an adjective to describe something suitable for adults
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  • Adult, physically mature.
  • Of, pertaining to, or suitable for adults.
  • Having a mature outlook.
  • An adult.

How to use "grown-up" in a sentence

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A grown-up woman should never fall so easily.
I want to be in a grown-up relationship with one guy.
I have never cried in front of someone as a grown-up.
I am a grown-up with a credit card and no curfew.
I am a married man and have grown-up daughters.
You are a grown-up man and know so little.
I thought you wanted to be a grown-up about this.
To the only grown-up he knew he could trust.
I just want to act like a grown-up tonight.
But the grown-up in me likes the kid in me.
It might be nice to talk to a grown-up for a change.
We are grown-up attractive women in our own right.
I guess you have to start being grown-up sometime.
It seemed like a grown-up thing to do at the time.
We are not trying to make him a grown-up now.

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The grown-up in me likes the prospect of fun.
I am trying to make a grown-up decision for a change.
Eric has always been so serious and grown-up.
Because grown-up lives are just impossibly complicated.
We have been having some grown-up problems and.
This is a grown-up book so it does go quite dark.
And you are so much more a grown-up than me.
You are a grown-up and do not need me to butt in.
I can not believe how grown-up my kids are.
I am sorry to ask you this as if you were a grown-up.
I am back with a very grown-up young lady.
Asking grown-up people to believe that kind ofjazz.
She is married with two grown-up daughters.
A grown-up girl about to be married swallowing that hocus.
I know we had a plan to have a grown-up conversation.
I think we are grown-up enough to reach a consensus.
Maybe we should start doing some grown-up stuff.
Now the only grown-up here is about to leave.
Mads has to take responsibility for a grown-up.
Maybe you are not as grown-up as you think.
And you need to be carrying it like a grown-up.
You brought a baby to grown-up movie night.
Grown-up children or elderly parents at home.
I think you need to have a grown-up as a lifeguard.
It might be a grown-up or an older child trying to trick you.
Maybe we should tell a grown-up about this.
Asking grown-up people to believe that kind of jazz.
Baby arugula is just as bad as grown-up arugula.
I do not deserve a grown-up one with dark chocolate on it.
The church belonged to the grown-up world.
To know the grown-up and the child inside.
I have got to get used to you being grown-up.
I could do with another grown-up on tour with me.
But a grown-up and a child should not be friends.
I do not get to cook grown-up food very often.

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