formative years

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.

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.

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.

Most of the events surrounding his formative years are the same, but earlier.

Both boys and girls attended school during their formative years.

Your influence on us during our formative years will last a lifetime.

And it's good that the Met collected these works in its formative years.

Adopt them after they have gotten through their formative years.

He was educated and spent his formative years in England.

Given this it is easy to see how Bob was influenced in his formative years.

We could be talking about the formative years of the baby boom generation, the 50's and 60's.