How to Use grow up in a Sentence

grow up

verb
  • About 80% of children in the U.S. grow up with a sibling.
    Mansee Khurana, NPR, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Bound grew up on the Falkland Islands in the nineteen-fifties.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • They may be all grown up, but Carell said his kids still jumped at the chance to attend the premiere.
    Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Who knows how these will resonate for those growing up on the DCEU.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The brothers grew up with a love for melodic ‘60s rock, which has been at the heart of their music.
    Daniel Kohn, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
  • Go back to his teenage years, growing up in Georgia in the early 2010s.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 July 2023
  • The siblings grew up in a small town about 30 miles northeast of Tulsa.
    Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
  • These six-petaled beauties can grow up to three feet in height and thrive in full sun (6 to 8 hours) settings.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 4 Feb. 2023
  • His father, who grew up an orphan, smoke and drank with him.
    Kenan Draughorne, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Though based in New York for 20 years, Cameron grew up on a farm outside Glasgow.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2024
  • My dad did have a garage growing up, so that’s kind of familiar to me.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Crow gave a wide-ranging speech about growing up with rock’n’roll.
    Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Cox spoke briefly about growing up in Dundee where there were 21 theaters in the Scottish city.
    Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2024
  • But for people who didn’t grow up eating spicy food, not all hope is lost.
    Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Something else that changed as Siwa grew up was her style.
    Hedy Phillips, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The 12-year-old looked all grown up in a blush-pink dress with a purse from mom Victoria Beckham's brand.
    Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Wallen grew up singing in church and at a very young age, took piano and violin lessons.
    Fox News, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Wolfe grew up in Richmond and went to graduate school at Yale.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The size of a human fist, giant African land snails can grow up to 8 inches in length and 5 inches in width.
    Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Ana Macho grew up in the house their grandfather built in Caguas and went to public school in Caguas.
    Katelina Eccleston, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The 3-year-old looks all grown up in Robert's arms, wearing her pajamas and a pair of red glasses.
    Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Erik Carrier grew up in Lake Forest, moved away but then moved back to town in 2020.
    Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023
  • He might have been torn between wanting to grow up and be his own man while not wanting to hurt you and leave you alone.
    Annie Lane, oregonlive, 15 Jan. 2023
  • The United Kingdom wants to become the safest place for children to grow up online.
    Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2023
  • But the location was also special for Denise, who’d grown up across the bridge on the American side of the Falls.
    Francesca Street, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
  • McLean grew up doing theater and names being on a Broadway stage as a dream of his.
    Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
  • Now, a piece of the property where President John F. Kennedy grew up can be yours.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Abraham grew up in New York and now operates his own law firm called Lichy Law.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Taylor grew up in East Idaho, joined a local fire department in the early 1980s, got married and raised six children.
    Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Figures, who worked in the Obama administration, grew up in Mobile, which is partially included in the district.
    Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024

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