Sentence examples for necessary rite of from inspiring English sources

My effete, urban sensibilities would consider that child abuse, rather than a necessary rite of passage.

It is, more likely, a necessary rite of passage with an element of overdue historical justice.

In Venezuela, cosmetic procedures are often regarded as a normal, even necessary rite of passage for young women.

"When I was in high school, in the 1980s, cosmetic orthodontic work was seen as a necessary rite of passage," he says.

Anyone else hungry?" By that standard, the comedy roast was not nearly as wounding, and it was certainly a necessary rite of damage control.

And then there's the big, male lie, the sexiness of nihilism, the idea that destruction breeds creation - like these ideas are a necessary rite of passage for men on their way to maturity.

Rather than being afraid of making mistakes, look at them as necessary rites of passage, discard the anguish and retain the lesson.

TO read the news, one might think that the "perp walk" was a necessary rite in the career of a New York State legislator.

They secretly bury him and get the necessary people to perform the necessary rites before they let people hear about it because it also pulls crowd.

Sadly, for four nights in August, drinking viche was a necessary evil, a rite of passage in the same way that cheap keg beer is a part of university and getting hit in the groin is a disagreeable consequence of riding a mechanical bull.

Don't dismiss internships: I think internships are a necessary evil, and a rite of passage that many must go through.