How to Use transpire in a Sentence
transpire
verb- A plant transpires more freely on a hot dry day.
- No one will soon forget the historic events that transpired on that day.
- Trees transpire water at a rapid rate.
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What will transpire tonight in the first round of the draft for the Heat?
— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 June 2024 -
But who knows what could transpire in the days and hours before the draft.
— Sporting Green Staff, SFChronicle.com, 14 Nov. 2020 -
If that does transpire, the storm could fill in quickly around it.
— Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 29 June 2022 -
Events may transpire in a way that leaves you a lot of free time while those around you are busy bees.
— Magi Helena, oregonlive, 7 July 2020 -
Still, the mania around all that’s transpired over the last handful of weeks makes sense.
— Wired, 17 Oct. 2019 -
The game comes with some intrigue that has nothing to do with what will transpire on the field.
— Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Nov. 2020 -
Even at 65-70%, could the kid have been any worse than what transpired Sunday?
— Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 22 Apr. 2024 -
With these guys, some of it is deserved with what has transpired.
— Dallas News, 23 Feb. 2020 -
This is true not just of what will transpire onscreen but off it as well.
— Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2021 -
Sign up What was transpiring in terms of climate in the rest of the world this past summer?
— Win McCormack, The New Republic, 14 Sep. 2023 -
But even if that transpires, the MIB may take a different view.
— Patrick Frater, Variety, 14 Aug. 2023 -
Now, 2017 seems like the distant past given all that has transpired since.
— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023 -
The incident was the first to transpire live and was broadcast to a horrified city of Austin.
— James Moore, CNN, 25 May 2022 -
By morning, when the ski areas opened, most are not aware what has transpired the night before to get the runs ready.
— Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 19 Jan. 2020 -
The events that transpired have left me feeling guilty, shocked and unsure of how to move forward.
— Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024 -
And more killings might transpire if the murderer needs to cover his tracks.
— Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 7 Nov. 2022 -
But something transpired in the run-up to Oscar night that placed a wedge between them.
— Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2023 -
The best parts of those past rallies transpired as the ETF had broken above steep downtrend lines.
— Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2024 -
The remainder transpired in the middle stall of the nineteenth-floor bathroom, not far from the hall of U Thant busts.
— Alejandro Varela, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019 -
What's this going to be like, and how big of a thorn in my side is this guy going to be, and what's going to transpire here?
— Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2022 -
The trailer highlights the chaos that transpired over the course of the final 90 minutes prior to the start of that first-ever episode.
— Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2024 -
Families of the staff said they were shocked with the violence that had transpired.
— Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2023 -
DeWine said the critics should just watch how the reopening transpires.
— cleveland, 17 Apr. 2020 -
This transpired in less than an hour, as narratives in Ghost Town Alive!
— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024 -
The second number is nine, the months that transpired between that peaceful protest and the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
— Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023 -
In her own toast, Paltrow reflected on what had transpired over the past week.
— Nick Remsen, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2023 -
Shortly after, Zarin and her boyfriend Gary — who had been busy paying the lunch check — walked down, too, without having any idea of what had just transpired.
— Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
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