sprout

Example Sentences

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Every day he was sprouting like a beanstalk.

From Literature

Except for a dinner that included lima beans and brussels sprouts, nothing bad happened that night or the next day.

From Literature

When a nerve is cut it sprouts a basic scaffold that it tries to regenerate along, but which only last about 10 days.

From BBC

He’s long been interested in the mushrooms that sprout on the front lawn of his San Clemente home, but he’s always been too timid to pick any.

From Los Angeles Times

Only raccoons are said to live in the Karlshorst buildings and birch saplings are sprouting out of a balcony.

From Barron's