How To Use Maturity In A Sentence

Not that he is preening: he is careless about his blond good looks, a scruffy hipster beard giving maturity to his rather angelic face. Times, Sunday Times
Any book that is written for the public, as this one is, needs to bring across that maturity and complexity of thinking in such a way that it is digestible by nonspecialists, without trivializing the subject.
The latest cut last month was an average 15 % reduction in maturity values.
In most other snail species, the apertural teeth and laminae, when they are present, begin to develop as a snail approaches maturity. Archive 2009-07-01
While the lenders reserved all other rights and remedies that might be available under the credit agreement, but "did not by its terms purport to accelerate the maturity of the obligations outstanding. SiliconBeat

The maturity of the voices among the principals was amazing for performers all under 18, over fifty in number.
She was exceedingly beautiful, fully grown yet young still, and in her eyes was a depth and maturity that never ceased to captivate the looker.
She took her mind's wisdom as a way of showing her growing maturity.
I was perturbed at his apparent immaturity.
Sometimes problems don't require a solution to solve them; instead they require maturity to outgrow them. Steve Maraboli
It keeps people in a state of immaturity.
Just as with any other channel you leverage for branding, PPC is also ultimately dependent upon the maturity of your message. Designing Effective PPC Campaign Strategies and Tactics
The current talks are aimed at extending the maturity of the loans beyond October 2013 but are likely to lead to higher interest payments. Times, Sunday Times
Maturity does not lie in how old you are, but how strong you are to take on responsibilities.
Assets included in MZM (money at zero maturity) are redeemable at par on demand.
It must be confessed, however, that certain influences darkened the style even before it had reached maturity; chief among these was a gloomy hierarchical splendour, and a ritual rigidity, which to-day we yet refer to, quite properly, as Byzantinism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
I just don't see the joy of going around spreading your stupidity and immaturity.
The value of an option increases with the variance per period of the stock return multiplied by the number of periods to maturity. Principles of Corporate Finance
I like to grow varieties of the Nantes type, which reach deep into the cultivated soil and strike a perfect balance between sweet and carroty, even as they reach maturity. Groundwork: Rooting to the last
There is a fine line between maturity, sobriety and patience, and indifference, alienation and disgust.
The dynamism and energy of youth or the understanding and wisdom of maturity? Times, Sunday Times
Terms: Maturity: Nov. 5, 2020; coupon: 3.5%; reoffer: 99.189; date: Nov. 5, 2010; spread: 75 basis points more than midswaps; debt ratings: Aaa (Moody's), triple-A (S & P) and AAA (Fitch); denominations: € 1,000; listing: Luxembourg; interest: annual. New Securities Issues
He needs to settle down and show maturity. The Sun
TSMC's 40nm process maturity can simply be described as disastrously bad. Madshrimps News RSS Feed
The instruments the subject of the lien are delivered to the bank for collection, or for retention until maturity, which means that realization is contemplated by the parties.
Frankly, I don't see the point of bringing a plant to floriferous maturity and then starting all over again with a cutting.
In most other snail species, the apertural teeth and laminae, when they are present, begin to develop as a snail approaches maturity. Archive 2009-07-01
The industry would respond by pointing out that, no matter what the current price, the bonds will be paid in full at maturity, thereby eventually eliminating any interim price decline.
Physiological maturity of most of the varieties was likewise not generally affected by the spray treatments.
As a general rule, however, military intellectuals tend to face mandatory retirement as lieutenant colonels or colonels, just as they are achieving full intellectual maturity.
My maturity or my haggard face. Times, Sunday Times
[3] The ovum is really the fully mature egg ready for fecundation; before maturity it should not be called ovum but oöcyte; and in advanced treatises it is so referred to. Woman Her Sex and Love Life
Gratitude is a sign of maturity...Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and property of others. Gordon B. Hinckley
Most annual agricultural crops are determinate, and their growth stops once they reach physiological maturity.
But a shrub garden needs less room and will reach maturity in far less time. The Education of a Gardener
This may show my maturity or lack thereof, but if you have a spare second to click over to dictionary.com, look up "wedgie". Holy Grail, check. Next stop, Atlantis! - A Dress A Day
There is instant access to funds at each maturity date.
Humans experience a delayed maturity; we arrive at all stages of life later than other mammals.
The barramundi is also a hermaphrodite, born male but switching to female at sexual maturity, at around five years old, when they begin travelling downstream to spawn.
They controlled the game and played with great maturity. Times, Sunday Times
Girls generally reach sexual maturity two years earlier than boys.
The argument for the latter advice being that an endowment policy pays out a lump sum on maturity.
Because it is 'perishable' - generally reaching peak maturity after 25 years before declining This is Money | Home
We all get impatient at times but most people have the maturity to hold this in check and would rather arrive late than risk not arriving at all.
These are plants that you sow and cut down before they reach maturity. Times, Sunday Times
Alfisols are intermediate in maturity between mollisols or spodosols and ultisols.
We grow only the best-tasting varieties and we pick and sell them at the perfect ripeness or maturity.
The influence of a student's maturity level, chosen in the studies to be represented by class standing, has also been shown to influence economic learning, with upperclassmen outperforming freshmen.
This she did with a measure of maturity beyond her years, moving quickly to repel attacks and eliminate danger.
They displayed their immaturity, their envy and spite and malice, in refusing to condemn this act of terrorism.
But besides his height his body showed the average maturity of a sixteen year old.
That it does not have this is a sign of political immaturity and the KMT's origins in strongman rule.
Educational needs are diverse, and not necessarily attuned to the patterns of regular schools or for those clever and strong enough to make it to maturity.
The genetic associations were latent and intertwined with acquired factors, particularly with the degree of prematurity, birth order and twinning.
It consists of three parts; the germen, which is the rudiment of the fruit accompanying the flower, but not yet arrived at maturity; the style, which is the part that serves to elevate tjbe stigma from the germen; and the stigma, which is the summit of the pistillum, and covered with a moisture f (M* the breaking of the pollen, which is dis - charged by the anthorse. A View of Nature: In Letters to a Traveller Among the Alps
Geoffrey went silent, and the seneschal suddenly detected a maturity in his aide that he'd never noticed before.
Yet we are faced today with the sad reality that our untempered zeal is a sign of immaturity. Todd Bentley event cancelled; plus Debating the Lakeland Outpouring’s legacy
The proud dad said his son dealt with the leg-pulling from friends and teasing ‘in a really remarkable way’ with a maturity beyond his years.
Eclipse is the work of an artist who has blossomed into full maturity. Times, Sunday Times
Of course, the piglet, like all animal models, has its limitations, including relative developmental maturity at birth.
Without context we can end up imagining that we know it all, that what is past has no value, that maturity and wisdom can come from the pages of a book or the advice of a guru rather than out of the distilled wisdom of a lived life.
This week was going to be the turning point, the time he'd start bringing some maturity to his game.
Physics Today will continue to follow the progress of fusion's march toward maturity.
Government departments must share information about their respective evaluation of complete or partial open-source proposals, and regularly assess product maturity. Computing
The effects of 1 - MCP on post - harvest physiology of Pink Lady apples with different maturity were studied.
One measure of the maturity and the health of professional military institutions is their published formal doctrine.
This allowed us to test whether the delay in time to sexual maturity was associated with reduced size of the testes or accessory glands in day 36 sugar-fed males.
In a review for New Humanist of two recent books written by political bloggers - Liberal Fascism by National Review Online blogger Jonah Goldberg, and The Liberal Defence of Murder by Lenin's Tomb author Richard Seymour - he finds that in the transition to the printed page all the faults of those with 'blogorrhea' are starkly revealed: sloppy research, cheap name-calling, historical immaturity, overstatement, distortion, factual errors and near-endless repetition. New Humanist Blog
Dr. Purnell: who knows, her handling of her unhappiness was instrumental in cluing the public in about Griffin, and therefore useful, but it calls into question her political tactical maturity. A Brief History of C'ville Superintendents at cvillenews.com
Humans, indeed most species, experience biological immaturity.
There was no apparent deviation in the ordinary progress of the pustule to a state of maturity from what we see in general; yet there was a total suspension of the areola or florid discolouration around it, until the scarlatina had retired from the constitution. On Vaccination Against Smallpox
Smoking itself was strongly linked to low birthweight, but not to prematurity. Times, Sunday Times
While I do think the saints have spiritual maturity, often very saintly people and profoundly religious people struggle with other personality conflicts.
They take a long time to reach maturity. Times, Sunday Times
Indeed, courts have recognized that developmental immaturity may qualify a juvenile for a finding of incompetence.
In setting the scene for my post I would love to recount a tale of blissful youth, a text-book joyride throughout early adulthood culminating in a fulfilled maturity.
They have displayed a maturity and perceptiveness well beyond their years in this outstanding show.
These latest paintings show how the artist has really grown in maturity.
Birth defects, prematurity and low birthweight are the leading causes. Life expectancy slips, stroke dips to No. 4 killer
The forest will take 100 years to reach maturity.
Those who hold bonds until maturity will be unable to benefit from any growth. Times, Sunday Times
With a shrug, he shrugged off alien concepts such as responsibility, maturity, ambition and commitment.
The reservoir sandstones consist mostly of lithic sandstones and feldspathic litharenite with lower mineral maturity.
You have an empty space waiting for his quality, his maturity and his leadership. Times, Sunday Times
His face was clean of any pimples, and his smile was boyish, but held the promise of maturity.
The fertility of all florets on panicles on which florets started to open on the first day of treatment and finished opening before the last day of treatment was examined at maturity.
Terms were as follows: Maturity: Oct. 15, 2020; coupon: 6.625%; price: par; yield: 6.625%; spread: 416 basis points more than Treasurys; settlement: Oct. 8, 2010 (T+3); call: noncallable until Oct. 15, 2014; ratings: Ba1 (Moody's Investors Service), single-B-plus (Standard & Poor's Ratings Services). New Securities Issues
As with much of initiation art, this sculpture instructs the initiates and the community in matters of dispute resolution, sexual maturity, and good judgment.
I could match my cousin Jasper's game - cock maturity with a sturdier fowl.
I think the maturity the show needs is beginning to be developed as we begin to empathise and relate to the characters more.
How close to the approximate truth for many men would that scenario be in terms of their emotional maturity?
A bill is discharged if, at or after its maturity, the holder expressly and absolutely renounces his rights against the acceptor either in writing or by delivering the bill to him.
Self-control and maturity are necessary for success as a pro athlete, because athletic ability is fairly constant at this level.
On maturity, the investor receives the par value.
Salamanders, which thrive in moist environments that keep their skin wet, number 2 dozen species, from the pigmy salamander that is less than 2 inches at maturity to the hellbender, which is nearly 30 inches. The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States
If your goal is supersafety, and you're not experienced with bonds, go for newly issued, triple-A, five - to 10-year issues held to maturity. Muni Bonds: Play It Safe
The quality grading system is based on skeletal maturity and marbling in an attempt to classify animals of similar eating quality.
In spite of some immaturity in the figure drawing and painting, it showed real imagination.
_Gabi_ (_Caladium_) is another kind of esculent root, palatable to the natives, similar to the turnip, and throws up stalks from 1 to 3 feet high, at the end of which is an almost round leaf, dark green, from 3 to 5 inches diameter at maturity. The Philippine Islands
Recent advances in genetics such as the identification of the responsible genes for several forms of Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY), now referred to as monogenic diabetes, have established precedents linking specific drug therapies to defined subtypes of diabetes patients," said Robert Smith, MD, of Brown University in Providence, R.I. and co-author of the statement. Newswise: Latest News
He displayed aggressive behaviour, emotional immaturity, impulsiveness, rejection of authority and manipulative behaviour, lied, swore and had a leaning towards kleptomania.
The Standards of Skeletal Maturity of Hand and Wrist for Chinese-China 05. III. The Secular Trend of Skeletal Development in Chinese Children.
Maturity begins when we're content to feel we're right about something, without feeling the necessity to prove someone else is wrong. Sydney J. Harris
From algae that feed off of power plants 'CO2 emissions to megaflora trees that reach full maturity in just three years to provide rapidly renewable biomass, Tickell shows that numerous sources of biofuels are ready today to power a cleaner America tomorrow. Josh Garrett: Fuel Uses Education and Inspiration to Make Impassioned Case for Green Energy
A clause in a note, which entitles the mortgagee (lender) to declare the note due and payable in full prior to its stated maturity date. Refinance 2nd Mortgage
He has a personality disturbance with narcissistic tendencies, emotional instability and emotional immaturity. The Sun
Only a few second generation churches have attained sufficient maturity to consider appointing their own leaders.
Understanding teen brain immaturity against the background of rising hormones is changing education and legal practice.
If managers anticipate rising interest rates, they generally shorten the average maturity of the bonds in their funds.
The second book, published in 1871, shows Mr. Lear in the maturity of sweet desipience, and will perhaps remain the favorite volume of the four to grown-up readers. Nonsense Books
He even thanked Ellen for this new, sudden, unexpected leap into maturity.
Humans experience a delayed maturity; we arrive at all stages of life later than other mammals.
Moreover, Orestes's journey from boyhood to maturity is a metaphor for the transformation of Athenian society itself.
Eclipse is the work of an artist who has blossomed into full maturity. Times, Sunday Times
But then the comparison is taken literally too far and that is where Rang de Basanti turns dangerous because of its immaturity and illogic.
Her speech showed great maturity and humanity.
Just an example: prior to 2002 the entities had to accrue provisions for bad debts depending on the maturity of the receivables and calculated as a fixed percentage of the debt.
As a ten year old, and through his teens, he dazzled the public with his fleet and flawless fingers, ardent lyricism and musical maturity.
That can be a difficult thing to do, requiring emotional balance, maturity, and analytic clarity - a huge effort.
When the male anglerfish reaches maturity his digestive system shuts down, rendering him unable to feed. Love and other animals
These patterns form the core of a pattern language covering a wider spectrum of issues around SOA and SOI as you move into higher levels of maturity in the adoption of SOA (shown below in Figure 1).
With a shrug, he shrugged off alien concepts such as responsibility, maturity, ambition and commitment.
Find out what the surrender value is and the expected maturity value. Times, Sunday Times
The only thing that has held them back in recent years has been their own immaturity.
The Ministry of Finance is initiating a first on the Bulgarian market by the emission of euro-denominated bonds with a 15-year period of maturity.
Girls generally reach sexual maturity two years earlier than boys.
The germinated kernels were transferred to potting soil and grown to maturity in a greenhouse.
His willingness to handle the scoring burden in tight games was another sign of his maturity.
In the haunting, even epicene strains of the suite's final entry in E flat minor, the high beams of his immaturity shine so bright as to burn a hole in its very fabric.
I think first person autobiographical is a starting point in writing and that we grow in maturity as we try to see through the eyes of others. Post mortem
His leadership and maturity have really impressed me. The Sun
Child - rearing values - sacrifice, stability, dependability, maturity - seem stale and ought toy by comparison.
We can use a similar idea to check that bonds of different maturity are consistently priced. Principles of Corporate Finance
Strips are available for different maturity dates and at different rates of interest.
Badge of maturity, 12-tined antlers crown a lordly bull elk in Yellowstone; they serve also as formidable weapons.
We start of with a high degree of passion, probably still low on skills and oblivious of our special talents…..with time we discover ourselves and hone our skills….we reach a certain level of maturity when the market starts recongnising us. Key to Success: Talent + Passion + Market | Motivational Humor from the Motivational Smart Ass!
But there were also a boatload of questions about his defense, maturity and ability to get along in the clubhouse.
You shouldn't withdraw your funds before maturity date.
Conclusions Microcyst information in the outer adrenal cortex was associated with prematurity and perinatal hypoxia, which may be a reaction stress situation.
If social history is to be measured by coherent overall frameworks, it falls short - and immaturity is no longer an excuse.
An increasingly wide array of plug-ins and utilities have developed around PDF files, a sure sign of maturity and market penetration.
It is all part, he says, of his growing maturity. Times, Sunday Times
A goatee instantly adds an air of distinguished maturity to one's appearance.
Hundreds of trees, many of which were planted after the gales, are now reaching maturity. Times, Sunday Times
The animals attain sexual maturity in two to three years and the breeding season is throughout the year.
Prematurity was not associated with reported asthmatic attacks.
Seed growth slows after this, but does not entirely cease until the seed attains physiological maturity.
These are plants that you sow and cut down before they reach maturity. Times, Sunday Times
It has been suggested that algae with a large volume (plant size) at maturity usually display anisogamy or oogamy, as expected if larger zygotes permit more rapid growth to these adult sizes.
Chap. 397. 389 purpose of providing for the payment of the bonds issued under the authority of this act, and the treasurer and re - ceiver general shall apportion thereto from year to year an amount sufficient with the accumulations of said fund to extinguish at maturity the debt incurred by the issue of said bonds. Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
Ex-radicals usually ascribe their evolution to the inevitable giving way of idealistic youth to responsible maturity.
Whether these designations be taken as referring to growth and maturity of Christian experience, or of natural age, they equally carry the lesson that no age and no stage is beyond the danger of being drawn away by the world's love, or beyond the need of the solemn dehortation therefrom. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John
But when the evolving form has reached a certain degree of comparative perfection which we call maturity, it Dictionary of the History of Ideas
It refers to the premium that must be paid by the borrower to the lender along with the principal amount as a condition for the loan or an extension in its maturity.
Seeds of winter annuals are often dormant at maturity.
It is the manner in which we understand and articulate the physical reality of biological immaturity.
But eurobonds make annual payments, and the appropriate method of calculating the yield to maturity is to use annual discounting.
I can see an increasing maturity in how she understands the world.
Closed flowers were stripped of sepals, petals and anthers just prior to stigma maturity.
Bud after bud burst forth , while those already opened expanded to full maturity.
His performance was full of maturity and poise.
Thus, in Pelagius’ view, Adam and Eve, by eating the fruit, gained maturity, and therefore freedom. Augustine vs. Pelagius - Part One: Man, the Fall, and Original Sin | Heretical Ideas Magazine
Humans experience a delayed maturity; we arrive at all stages of life later than other mammals.
Terms: Maturity: Nov. 4, 2015; coupon: 3.745%; reoffer: par; date: Nov. 4, 2010; spread: 225 basis points more than midswaps; debt ratings: A2 (Moody's), A+ (Fitch Ratings). New Securities Issues
Humans experience a delayed maturity; we arrive at all stages of life later than other mammals.
Closed flowers were stripped of sepals, petals and anthers just prior to stigma maturity.
I can see an increasing maturity in how she understands the world.
Until past mid-century, pastors of this congregation usually had brief tenures and some reflected the youthful immaturity and arrogance of W. B. Johnson.
For an investor who plans to hold the bond until maturity, liquidity risk is less important.
The piece benefits from the duo's mutual trust, maturity and sly sense of humour. Times, Sunday Times
If you buy a bond and hold it until maturity, market risk is not a factor because your principal investment will be returned in full at maturity.
They proceeded onward: the earthly Paradise was unfolded to their view; the air was balmy, and laden with rich fragrance from the numberless flowers around; but instead of filling the spirit with soft languor, and indisposing the body to exertion, the gentle breezes imparted new vigor to the frame, and the buoyant, hilarious feelings of early youth shot through the veins, making the thoughtful eye sparkle, and giving to the grave foot of saddened maturity the elasticity of childhood. Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside
The field experiments were conducted for two consecutive growth seasons using SPAD-502 chlorophyll meter to quantitate the maturity of fresh flue-cured tobacco leaf.
Like other animals, they pass through a life cycle from birth to maturity to death.
With a shrug, he shrugged off alien concepts such as responsibility, maturity, ambition and commitment.
Samarcand to cedared Lebanon, show that Keats had not got over his boyish taste for sweet things, and reached the maturity and gravity of appetite which dictated the Miltonian description. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866
Her voice has, as yet, neither the maturity nor flexibility of other singers but her performance was strong on dramatic colouring and purity of tone.
‘As any company grows, as you double headcount two, three, four, five years in a row, you get maturity, you get systems, you get bureaucracy, you get lawyers, you get processes,’ he said.
With adversity comes maturity, and today Westwood enjoys a new appreciation for golf's ancestral home.
She had written with flair and maturity, and had a sensitivity way beyond her tender years.
This is where you must go to see the maturity of a volcanic island. THE EARTH: An Intimate History
The dynamic young country did not understand the ‘tragedy and complexity of maturity’ and was ‘basically unphilosophical.’
Turning thirty, I abandoned the faux maturity and started acting as I pleased.
In addition, terminal bonuses are usually awarded on maturity of the investment.
However, it is far more likely his eight-length defeat came from immaturity.
Also bear in mind that what really matters is the maturity value of the policy.
Thrips may also cause blemished seeds on achenes, and uneven maturity of fruit.
Indeed banks issue perpetual bonds that have no maturity date.
Children are often seen as too young to benefit from therapy because of linguistic and cognitive immaturity.
As for its property inherit law, not only the degree of its rigor and maturity is far above the past, but also it brings a profound influence to the afterworld because of its various innovation.
Both novels, for example, reflect an initial isolation of the hero, a sense of expectancy with which his maturity is anticipated, and a sense of guilt which his actions create. O'Kell - Criticism - Critical Contexts
He lacks the emotional maturity to appreciate poetry.
Displaying an incredible amount of maturity and wisdom for their young age, these kids share their most inner thoughts and reveal their deepest beliefs on death, reincarnation and the afterlife.
Any sum that happens to be left over when a child reaches maturity is not liable to tax.
Christmas trees are grown commercially on plantations and are like any other crop except they take several years to reach maturity rather than just one.
The amniotic fluid of the control group came from amniocenteses for genetic screenings or analyses to check fetal lung maturity and showed no signs of bacteria even by DNA methods. Medlogs - Recent stories
At the correct stage of maturity, Narcissi have slightly bowed buds and visible color, and flowers are emerging from the spathes.
With a shrug, he shrugged off alien concepts such as responsibility, maturity, ambition and commitment.
Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well. Jim Rohn
At the same time, lax supervision and prudential regulation allowed banks and corporations to take on significant exchange rate and maturity risks.

How To Use Maturity In A Sentence

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