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.
  • Nut Sedge is a lime-green grass that grows much faster than the turf grass.
    Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 17 Aug. 2024
  • This map is a guide and sets the standard for what plants will grow where.
    Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 14 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • Still, the brand has room to grow in terms of revenue and identity.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • After all, gardens don’t grow in a day, and winter is the best time to plan.
    Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Check out our guides to the best hair products, how to make your hair grow fast and how to fix damaged hair.
    Marielle Marlys, Good Housekeeping, 24 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • Caribou are the only cervids to have females grow and shed antlers as well.
    Jacquelyne Germain, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 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
  • With the new year right around the corner, Lopez hopes to maintain a sense of balance, but also to grow.
    Jackie Fields, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • The location for Fire Station 11 has not been announced but is expected to meet the growing demand on the city's north side.
    Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • But a growing number of artists are moving away from these traditional pathways to carve their own roads to success.
    Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024

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