How to Use grow out in a Sentence
grow out
phrasal verb-
Like many Trump lies, this one grew out of a fact, like a tumor off a healthy cell.
— Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024 -
If left unchecked, that algae can grow out of control, smothering reefs and preventing new corals from growing.
— Benji Jones, Vox, 8 Oct. 2024 -
Even the Village People, as silly as that seems, grew out of the West Village.
— Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2024 -
The concept grew out of Utah, which has birthed a slew of dirty soda chains, bolstered by its large Mormon Church population.
— Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Sep. 2024 -
That has much to do with vogue, a language that grew out of the Harlem ballroom scene of the 1960s.
— Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2023 -
Front Flip By the next year, Beckham had once again grown out his hair.
— Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2023 -
This friend was a bully in school and seems not to have grown out of that persona.
— Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024 -
Leaves are growing out of the roof, and a swing is tied to a protruding branch.
— Time, 27 June 2023 -
These are so durable that your child is more likely to grow out of them than break them.
— Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2023 -
The movement has been building since at least 2020, growing out of the woke ...
— Stanley Goldfarb, National Review, 18 Aug. 2024 -
When the cancer cells start to grow out of control, a tumor forms.
— Taylyn Washington-Harmon, Health, 16 Dec. 2023 -
Just like the skin on our faces, each person’s scalp, and the hair that grows out of it, is different.
— Caitie Kelly, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024 -
The cancer occurs when healthy cells change and grow out of control.
— Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2024 -
That is fully filled with flowers growing out of the hole.
— Byalice Barlow, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2024 -
Its houses, which had slate roofs the same color as the surrounding slag heaps, seemed to grow out of the earth.
— Tom Vanderbilt, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024 -
The musical grew out of a sequence in an episode of the Disney+ series Hawkeye in 2021.
— Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 13 Sep. 2023 -
These cuts will encourage new roots to grow out into the soil.
— Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2023 -
The book grew out of a series of Zoom conversations between the two of you, right?
— Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024 -
Part of their newfound civic engagement grew out of the notion that a blind faith in Trump isn’t enough.
— Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2024 -
When this type of cancer begins, white blood cells grow out of control and cause swollen lymph nodes and growths all across the body.
— Amy Scharf, Scientific American, 11 Jan. 2024 -
In a grueling 20-day journey to get there, Navalny grew out a beard.
— The Editors, National Review, 16 Feb. 2024 -
Verrett agrees that people will be growing out their hair in 2024.
— Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 26 Dec. 2023 -
The star's bangs have grown out and now blend into the waves, beautifully framing her face.
— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 17 June 2024 -
Styles’ hair — which was shaved into a buzz cut back in November — has since grown out a bit and is styled into a fade.
— Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 3 Jan. 2024 -
Hip-hop partly grew out of 1970s funk, itself an outgrowth of Motown and blues.
— Dash Lewis, Spin, 9 Aug. 2023 -
Did this book grow out of any particular event or research project of yours?
— Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024 -
The Prince is clearly a fan of his new look, growing out his beard after going clean-shaven at Balmoral.
— Isaac Bickerstaff, Glamour, 6 Sep. 2024 -
The baby may grow out of this type of lactase deficiency over time.
— Brittany Lubeck, Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 7 Mar. 2024 -
As anyone who’s had to grow out a bad perm or a too-short cut knows, hair goes through years-long phases of growth and rest, in which new hair comes in and then falls out.
— Connie Chang, Popular Mechanics, 3 July 2023 -
With any luck, that strategy, in turn, grows out of a bigger vision of why the company exists and its place in the world.
— Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
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