formative years

A criminal delinquent in his youth, Billy spent most of his formative years in and out of foster homes.

Many Indonesians share a deep pride about a man who spent part of his formative years in the country and went on to become US president.

Crick's correspondence during the formative years of molecular biology was long thought to have been destroyed.

From a very young age and through his formative years, Obama learned to see America as a force for global domination and destruction.

Maybe I was as nerdy and dorky as my older sister says, because sex was the furthest thing from my mind during those formative years.

In Earth's formative years, it was hit by thousands of comets like this.

Even into the mid nineteentwenties, in the formative years of quantum theory, fields and particles were envisioned as separate entities.

Apparently , during our formative years , we are not always getting the right kind of encouragement.

His formative years were the long bleak decades of Poland's communist era, first in Warsaw and then in provincial Gdansk.

Myths are accounts of important events that are supposed to have occurred some time during a culture's formative years.

The implications of this failure to attain sufficient bone density during the formative years are frightening.

For a man who spent his formative years in the murky world of espionage, Vladimir Putin has proved quite a political showman.

This girl is in her formative years. She needs friends with good values.

This girl is in her formative years. She needs friends with good value.

Artists born post-1970, in their formative years, have gone through China's rapid-pace economic revolution of the last thirty years.

I was only nine when my mom died, which means my formative years were left up to my dad.

Within the Iris, dusty nebular material surrounds a massive, hot, young star in its formative years.

which means my formative years were left up to my dad.

These young galaxies offer important new insights into the Universe's formative years, just one thousand million years after the Big Bang.

If you spent your formative years as your neighborhood's daredevil, you may be a risk lover.

These numbers then reference the extreme restrictions on creative production during Wang's formative years.

He copied Sony's Walkman. He was even a poor programmer, relying heavily on Steve Wozniak's talent during Apple's formative years.

They are very important vehicles and reflections of Self for children during their most formative years.

Like many children from rich Nigerian homes, Abdulmutallab spent his formative years abroad.

Someone who spent their formative years in Massachusetts, say, may always hanker for Samuel Adams, a local beer.

Tschaikowsky never showed a shit of interest in music during his formative years.

She spent her formative years at a famous English girls' boarding school.

I think Ill use the commanding voice I acquired during my formative years as a drill sergeant.

So the nation neededa unifying figure to guide it in its formative years.

I was born and raised here, I spent my formative years here, and like you, while I was living here I only did laundry six times.

Solo's role as a general in the Rebel Alliance meant that he became a key player in the New Republic's formative years.

Most adults in the region spent their formative years under communism.

Parents should pay special attention to their children during their formative years and watch for symptoms of psychological problems.

My formative years in school and in the workplace were replete with males.

I am thankful for my teachers who had taught, encouraged, and nurtured me throughout my formative years.

Hannah is easily able to converse with the family as she spent her formative years in Japan and has been learning the language at school.

In my formative years in the past ten years, every move, every move, I can truly feel your love to me.

The Italian Wars and the Formative Years of European States System

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