formative

Their formative training had been in a class of its own.

During these formative years, he also served in the military.

The camp was the most positive experience of my children's formative years.

It's born of what he learned in his formative years and beyond.

They happened to come along "in my formative years," he said.

This experience may have been formative for the actual policy.

Between school and university he spent some formative months in France.

That is not a good way to spend your formative years.

His formative years were difficult, and he had very little formal education.

Did they occur when you were a young person in your formative years?

He was editor of Interview in its formative years, from 1971 to 1974.

During his formative years he was involved in a number of social clubs.

The formative north side of the town walls will be kept as it is.

But the earlier memories, made at a formative time, have never really left me.

He says that his style is still in a formative stage.

It really is the proper beginning of the person's formative experience.

Very little is known of his formative years as a painter.

For the most formative years of our lives, September meant the beginning.

"To do it in the state I spent my formative years was a pleasure."

I was fortunate enough to be with my children during their formative years.

She had a short attention span and read very little during her formative years.

During its formative years the members of the band lived together for economy.

The two shared many such experiences in their formative years.

Living in a cage during your formative years can do that.

Their young formative experiences were similar to the first generation.