How to Use grow into in a Sentence

grow into

phrasal verb
  • The most adorable little kid has grown into a 12 year old!!!!
    Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The most adorable little kid has grown into a 12 year old!!!!
    Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 13 May 2024
  • Nvidia has grown into the U.S. stock market’s third-largest stock.
    Elaine Kurtenbach, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The two-day annual event has grown into a big deal over the past eight years.
    Joe Heim, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
  • That will grow into hundreds of millions if the strikes continue to the end of the year.
    Christopher Palmeri, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Odds of rain and thunderstorms will grow into the evening, when some could be strong.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Like all bulbs, garlic is meant to sprout in order to grow into a full plant.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The shop started out as a coffee truck and grew into a brick-and-mortar space.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The girls grew into giggly kids crowned with masses of blond curls.
    Sara Harrison, ELLE, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Small, yellow eggs that grow into green, oval, yet flat nymphs can be seen.
    Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 13 July 2024
  • Over the last few years, Jeezy has grown into an elder statesman.
    Taylor Crumpton, Essence, 26 July 2023
  • The child grew into an adult who started her own family in the U.S. and built a life of her own over three decades there.
    Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2023
  • These models are made from stem cells, not egg and sperm, and can’t grow into babies.
    Laura Ungar, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
  • And it's grown into a much bigger space, or two spaces.
    USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Letting at least some of your lawn grow into a more meadow-like area.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Fair enough, but the fact is that the boxed set has grown into an art form, and plenty of people are doing it well.
    Saby Reyes-Kulkarni, SPIN, 20 Dec. 2023
  • And in that time, he’s grown into a man and gained a degree of depth and experience.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Since then, it’s grown into one of the most popular malls in the region, with over 150 stores and restaurants.
    Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2024
  • Each move has been a space to grow into, said Beau Lawrence, Ace Rivington founder.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Forth & Nomad has grown into a 4,000-square-foot store with a coffee bar.
    Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Now that all of her children have grown into adults, she’s grown grow as their mother, too.
    Essence, 8 May 2024
  • Will Brandon Staley show that he’s grown into the job that at times has engulfed him?
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
  • This special type of cell can be engineered in the lab to grow into any kind of elephant cell.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Knight might grow into a star who could have replaced Sergei Bobrovsky, 36.
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2025
  • This flower tends to be on the larger side, with six points and a whitened center that grows into colors like red or pink.
    Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Obviously strength and growing into my body was a big part of that kind of process.
    Scott Powers, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Good Meat cells grow into large masses, which are shaped into a range of meat products.
    Jonel Aleccia and Laura Ungar, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2023
  • Tribes wielding spears and scrolls grow into global empires equipped with nukes and blue jeans.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2025
  • By the 2000s, her bold lip remained, however her short hair (which saw shapes like pompadours and bobs) grew into her slick-back era.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Lopez said the operation began with small buys but grew into larger purchases — up to 100 grams — from two brothers — which gave the operation its name.
    Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2025

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'grow into.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: