How to Use grow up in a Sentence

grow up

verb

• The co-defendants', court papers show, grew up in the Flathead Reservation area.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
• Laguna Beach, like most beach towns that have surf, has a rich history of legendary surfers who grew up there and pioneered the different surf spots.
  — Corky Carroll, Orange County Register, 6 Sep. 2024
• About 80% of children in the U.S. grow up with a sibling.
  — Mansee Khurana, NPR, 3 Apr. 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Star Wars holds so much nostalgia for me, having grown up with it.
  — Kimanzi Constable, Parents, 13 Aug. 2024
• Chin grew up in Connecticut and does not speak Chinese.
  — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
• This particular oarfish measured 12 feet long—though the biggest of the species can grow up to 36 feet long.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
• And that means exploring the natural world far from home, says Sweeney, who grew up in the U.S. Midwest.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Sep 2024