Sentence examples for almost grown up from inspiring English sources

The phrase "almost grown up" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is nearing adulthood or maturity but is not quite there yet.
Example: "At 17, she feels almost grown up, but she knows she still has a lot to learn before she truly becomes an adult."
Alternatives: "nearly an adult" or "on the verge of adulthood".

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The New Yorker, October 1 , 1984P. 34 Sarah had almost grown up with Curry Daniels.

The boys are almost grown up and hardly ever there, but their chairs are.

"My kids were almost grown up, my ex-wife and I were separating, and I saw what [Paul] Hogan was doing and thought 'God, that's for me'".

We are no longer the kids of yesterday; we are almost grown up now.

Now, this generation is almost grown up.

At times, the humour seems risqué and almost grown up.

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"Which means we almost grew up together".

Mr. Quinby almost grew up on line of old N. J. Rapid Transit, and in 1916, got a job on the line, and worked as motorman until the war.

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It's a memoir of the kind I almost never look at, about growing up semi-neglected in the peripatetic, center-less world of movie privilege.

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