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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The University's biggest success during their formative years took place in the early 1930s.

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

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