How to Use grow into in a Sentence

grow into

phrasal verb
  • The most adorable little kid has grown into a 12 year old!!!!
    Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 13 May 2024
  • The most adorable little kid has grown into a 12 year old!!!!
    Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • And in that time, he’s grown into a man and gained a degree of depth and experience.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Each move has been a space to grow into, said Beau Lawrence, Ace Rivington founder.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 16 Oct. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The tech giant warned that this spending will only grow into next year and beyond.
    Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 31 Oct. 2024
  • But the reminders that he’s grown into something more continue to pop up.
    Rachel Desantis, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The answers have grown into stories, now briefer than before but still mostly complete.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The market, which began in 2001 with a small group of German-American volunteers, has grown into the largest holiday market in the state.
    Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2024

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