How to Use grow out in a Sentence

grow out

phrasal verb
  • That has much to do with vogue, a language that grew out of the Harlem ballroom scene of the 1960s.
    Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The old bank shows as a line of trees that appear to grow out of the middle of the water.
    Susanne Paola Antonetta, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Suckers, or the little shoots that grow out of the base of the plant, can be pruned at any time.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Front Flip By the next year, Beckham had once again grown out his hair.
    Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2023
  • This friend was a bully in school and seems not to have grown out of that persona.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Like many Trump lies, this one grew out of a fact, like a tumor off a healthy cell.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Leaves are growing out of the roof, and a swing is tied to a protruding branch.
    Time, 27 June 2023
  • Just as the last light is flickering out, a flower grows out of the soil.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
  • These are so durable that your child is more likely to grow out of them than break them.
    Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2023
  • The movement has been building since at least 2020, growing out of the woke ...
    Stanley Goldfarb, National Review, 18 Aug. 2024
  • When the cancer cells start to grow out of control, a tumor forms.
    Taylyn Washington-Harmon, Health, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Just like the skin on our faces, each person’s scalp, and the hair that grows out of it, is different.
    Caitie Kelly, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The cancer occurs when healthy cells change and grow out of control.
    Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2024
  • That is fully filled with flowers growing out of the hole.
    Byalice Barlow, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Its houses, which had slate roofs the same color as the surrounding slag heaps, seemed to grow out of the earth.
    Tom Vanderbilt, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
  • The musical grew out of a sequence in an episode of the Disney+ series Hawkeye in 2021.
    Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 13 Sep. 2023
  • These cuts will encourage new roots to grow out into the soil.
    Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2023
  • The book grew out of a series of Zoom conversations between the two of you, right?
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
  • Even the Village People, as silly as that seems, grew out of the West Village.
    Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Part of their newfound civic engagement grew out of the notion that a blind faith in Trump isn’t enough.
    Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2024
  • In the past few months, the stars have been slowly growing out their facial hair for what is now known as their new film.
    Michelle Lee, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
  • When this type of cancer begins, white blood cells grow out of control and cause swollen lymph nodes and growths all across the body.
    Amy Scharf, Scientific American, 11 Jan. 2024
  • If there is hair on your head, that hair has at least one whorl in it—a patch of hair that grows out of the scalp in a spiral direction.
    Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
  • But the business grew out of a lesson his father wanted to impart to his son.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The South Pacific slave trade grew out of cotton, or rather a lack thereof.
    Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
  • In a grueling 20-day journey to get there, Navalny grew out a beard.
    The Editors, National Review, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Verrett agrees that people will be growing out their hair in 2024.
    Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The star's bangs have grown out and now blend into the waves, beautifully framing her face.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 17 June 2024
  • Styles’ hair — which was shaved into a buzz cut back in November — has since grown out a bit and is styled into a fade.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Mushrooms grow out of the ground in a wide variety of climates, but humid, warm climates are most common.
    Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2024

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