Adult
Adult adjective - Relating to or typical of adults; displaying proper maturity.
Both words in one sentence
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Lighter and Softer: There's a steady downward slope of edginess from the rough reggae punk of their first album to Sting's adult contemporary solo career.
Source: Music / The Police - Mature Animal Story: While it's based on a family film, this story plays to its adult fandom with sexual tension, bloody violence, rough language and wrenching emotional drama.
Source: Fan Fic / Memoirs Of A Master -
Becky's rough start in life explains to some extent why she is so ruthless and scrupleless as an adult.
Source: Literature / Vanity Fair
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