How to Use grow into in a Sentence

grow into

phrasal verb
  • Researchers have figured out how to wake up dormant stem cells in the brain that have the ability to grow into new cells.
    New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2024
  • For some reason, over the past four months, my feelings for Kendra have grown into an infatuation.
    Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
  • His interests started with designing chairs and lamps, but has eventually grown into making clothes.
    Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 2 Sep. 2024
  • The most adorable little kid has grown into a 12 year old!!!!
    Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The most adorable little kid has grown into a 12 year old!!!!
    Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 13 May 2024
  • Nvidia has grown into the U.S. stock market’s third-largest stock.
    Elaine Kurtenbach, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The two-day annual event has grown into a big deal over the past eight years.
    Joe Heim, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
  • That will grow into hundreds of millions if the strikes continue to the end of the year.
    Christopher Palmeri, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Odds of rain and thunderstorms will grow into the evening, when some could be strong.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Like all bulbs, garlic is meant to sprout in order to grow into a full plant.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The shop started out as a coffee truck and grew into a brick-and-mortar space.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The girls grew into giggly kids crowned with masses of blond curls.
    Sara Harrison, ELLE, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Small, yellow eggs that grow into green, oval, yet flat nymphs can be seen.
    Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 13 July 2024
  • Over the last few years, Jeezy has grown into an elder statesman.
    Taylor Crumpton, Essence, 26 July 2023
  • The child grew into an adult who started her own family in the U.S. and built a life of her own over three decades there.
    Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2023
  • These models are made from stem cells, not egg and sperm, and can’t grow into babies.
    Laura Ungar, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
  • And it's grown into a much bigger space, or two spaces.
    USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Fair enough, but the fact is that the boxed set has grown into an art form, and plenty of people are doing it well.
    Saby Reyes-Kulkarni, SPIN, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Since then, it’s grown into one of the most popular malls in the region, with over 150 stores and restaurants.
    Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2024
  • Forth & Nomad has grown into a 4,000-square-foot store with a coffee bar.
    Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Now that all of her children have grown into adults, she’s grown grow as their mother, too.
    Essence, 8 May 2024
  • Will Brandon Staley show that he’s grown into the job that at times has engulfed him?
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
  • This flower tends to be on the larger side, with six points and a whitened center that grows into colors like red or pink.
    Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Good Meat cells grow into large masses, which are shaped into a range of meat products.
    Jonel Aleccia and Laura Ungar, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2023
  • It’s grown into one of the most sprawling networks of fake accounts across the internet.
    Shannon Bond, NPR, 3 Sep. 2024
  • In the years since, the impromptu co-op, now called Oak Lane Maple, has grown into a full-fledged sugarbush (the term for a stand of trees used to make maple syrup).
    Ashley Stimpson, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
  • South Korea managed to grow into the game and began to rain chances down on the opposition goal late on.
    Sam Joseph, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Hawaii’s creation myth says that two gods had a stillborn baby, who was buried and grew into a kalo, or taro, plant.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 27 Aug. 2023
  • As a result, Crabtree-Ireland has had to grow into a new public role.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 7 Nov. 2023
  • It was founded in the mid- 1st century as a legionary fortress before the soldiers moved away and the old fortress continued to grow into a thriving city.
    Issy Ronald, CNN, 14 Aug. 2024

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