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.
  • Somebody has to grow and harvest the food in the fields.
    Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Nut Sedge is a lime-green grass that grows much faster than the turf grass.
    Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Just keep at it and the chain will grow longer every day.
    Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 1 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Our plan for growing the economy builds on the progress of the last two years.
    Wes Moore, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Jim Bankoff, co-founder of Vox, said the new money would allow the firm to grow.
    Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Male green iguanas can grow to over 5 feet long and can weigh up to 17 pounds.
    Cady Stanton, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Fruit and nut trees have had time to put down their root systems and grow tall.
    Gabriel Popkin, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2022
  • These are the light green grasses that grow much faster than your turf grasses in the spring.
    Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Menard, who cleans pools for a living, grew to fear the moment her phone rang.
    Annie Waldman, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Still, the brand has room to grow in terms of revenue and identity.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The cubs are expected to grow rapidly and could gain up to 20 to 30 pounds over the next few months.
    Alexis Oatman, cleveland, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The lake sturgeon can live for 100 years and grow to more than 6 feet long, Hartman said.
    Peter Krouse, cleveland, 3 Oct. 2022
  • As the Charlotte area grows and changes, so does its restaurants.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 16 Feb. 2024
  • If left to their own devices, hydrangeas will die back in the winter and grow again in the spring.
    Heather Bien, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 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
  • That’s where the idea of growing natural teeth in pigs comes in.
    Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2025
  • So, the bigger his star grows, the more valuable Soto is to the Mets as a TV product.
    Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • In both cases, the tissue is getting bigger, and a person is growing larger.
    Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2025
  • However, most of the artichokes sold in the United States are grown in California.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Mar. 2025

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