"Young womanhood" refers to the period when a girl grows into adolescence and becomes a young adult woman. It describes the stage of life when a girl transitions into a young woman, typically marked by physical changes, emotional growth, and the development of independence and maturity.
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Sentences with «young womanhood»
- This brilliant, thoughtful, and compelling investigation of young womanhood commands the reader's attention from beginning to end. (booklistonline.com)
- While I think some of those feelings are normal as a young person is going through puberty and especially moving into young womanhood — women get mixed messages about being «shadows» versus asserting their own will — I think for both Phoebe and Marithe this was exacerbated by their fragmented family situation. (bookbrowse.com)
- The second collaboration between star / writer Greta Gerwig and director Noah Baumbach is an exponentially more mature and revealing look at young womanhood. (thefilmyap.com)
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