grown-ups

He had borne the brunt of the anger and betrayal that they felt toward "Grups," as they called grown-ups, and had worked to restore their trust, and prepare them to receive adult care.

The Cry of the Onlies Judy Klass 2000

He had borne the brunt of the anger and betrayal that they felt toward "Grups," as they called grown-ups, and had worked to restore their trust, and prepare them to receive adult care.

The Cry of the Onlies Judy Klass 2000

He had borne the brunt of the anger and betrayal that they felt toward "Grups," as they called grown-ups, and had worked to restore their trust, and prepare them to receive adult care.

The Cry of the Onlies Judy Klass 2000

We've got much in common with "adult orphans," what some sociologists have dubbed grown-ups whose parents are deceased.

Sole Survivors: Adult Orphans Preserve, Adapt Traditions Melinda Beck 2011

I was taught to call grown-ups by Mister and Missus or Brother and Sister, but if she wanted me to call her Brenda, I would try.

Keep Sweet MICHeLe DomInGuez Greene 2010

I was taught to call grown-ups by Mister and Missus or Brother and Sister, but if she wanted me to call her Brenda, I would try.

Keep Sweet MICHeLe DomInGuez Greene 2010

She wished she could call Frau Abramowitz by her first name—Ilse, which was so much prettier than Abramowitz—but children had to call grown-ups by their last names and address them with Sie—the formal you.

Stones from the River Ursula Hegi 1994

“Robert says in America children call grown-ups by their first names.”

Stones from the River Ursula Hegi 1994

She wished she could call Frau Abramowitz by her first name—Ilse, which was so much prettier than Abramowitz—but children had to call grown-ups by their last names and address them with Sie—the formal you.

Stones from the River Ursula Hegi 1994

“Robert says in America children call grown-ups by their first names.”

Stones from the River Ursula Hegi 1994