How to Use grow in a Sentence
grow
verb- The list of chores to do this weekend keeps growing.
- He's still just a growing boy.
- It can be hard to watch our children change as they grow.
- The city is growing rapidly.
- It's wonderful to see how she has grown as a person since going to college.
- She grew intellectually and emotionally in her first year at college.
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Nut Sedge is a lime-green grass that grows much faster than the turf grass.
— Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 17 Aug. 2024 -
And that doesn’t give you time and place for the audience to grow with you.
— Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2023 -
Jim Bankoff, co-founder of Vox, said the new money would allow the firm to grow.
— Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2023 -
As the Charlotte area grows and changes, so does its restaurants.
— Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 16 Feb. 2024 -
As the bill notes, the need for rental assistance is growing.
— Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024 -
Watch their excitement grow as each item gets checked off the list.
— Country Living, 22 Mar. 2023 -
The demands from the woman come in the wake of the growing conflict between the country Israel and the Hamas group.
— Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2023 -
When the body’s twin brother arrives, the stakes grow more intense.
— Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 21 Sep. 2024 -
Tulare Lake grew nearly as large as Lake Tahoe for a time.
— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024 -
The eggs are then ingested by small mammals, and the worms can grow inside them.
— Amanda Holpuch, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023 -
Equally concerning was the rift that was growing in the kitchen floor.
— Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2024 -
And now that the Wolfpack has reached the Final Four, the spotlight has grown larger than ever.
— Becky Sullivan, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024 -
And don’t worry if her winters get too cold—the tree can grow indoors, too.
— Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2023 -
And plants can grow deep-reaching roots to get a drink from far underground.
— Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023 -
Older men in the United States have been at growing risk.
— Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024 -
And from outside the walls of the asylum, a movement grows to free them from confinement.
— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2024 -
La Mer and The Ordinary were bright spots, both growing.
— Kathryn Hopkins, WWD, 19 Aug. 2024 -
In the years that followed, as the number of students grew, the campus had to be expanded.
— Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Feb. 2024 -
But that doesn’t make the scheme the first head-scratching proposal for how the city and its surroundings ought to grow.
— John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2023 -
Still, this is not a time to grow complacent, Sillett says.
— Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2023 -
The peppers are edible, but the plant is grown more for its looks rather than its peppers.
— Claire Hoppe, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Sep. 2024 -
That percentage will only grow over the next few years.
— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024 -
Santa Cruz Farm grows 72 crops throughout the year and uses solar energy to power greenhouses and even water pumps.
— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024 -
The audience for live news grows grayer and grayer as younger consumers get more news from social media and alternatives to traditional broadcast news.
— Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
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