sprout
Example Sentences
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Grass shoots sprouted behind them, leaving a trail, to show where they had been.
From Literature
Nature was also present in the collection's accessories, with a bag shaped like a ladybird and a clutch bag that seemed to be sprouting long grass.
From BBC
Mom packed me a chickpea salad sandwich on sprouted bread, which is wrapped in paper at the bottom of my tote bag.
From Literature
This girl boss couldn’t feel less human if antennae sprouted from her eyebrows.
From Los Angeles Times
Some early models of the satellite dishes measured 16 feet in diameter, and hundreds of thousands of them sprouted up across the country.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
