grow up
Example Sentences
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They grow up in this environment where they’re asking, “What are they offering me other than just a lecture?”
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
Scientists have long known that stars like our Sun expand dramatically once they run out of hydrogen in their cores, becoming red giants that can grow up to 100 times their original size.
From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026
And like anyone who has had to grow up too quickly, she struggles to attain real maturity.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
Others, often dual nationals who didn’t grow up in Israel, see the situation as almost comically absurd.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
Children now grow up spending much of their leisure time hearing music rather than performing or making it.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
