sprout

Example Sentences

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California’s deserts are bursting with color as strong wildflower displays sprout across the fields of Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Potato flatbread with spruce sprout pesto and pickled white currant.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

"Some branches would die off, and others would sprout up," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

Only much later would I realize that it wasn’t so much a smorgasbord of vendors as it was the Gorgon Medusa: When one head is removed, more sprout in its place.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

As for the half bushel of potatoes, they had begun to sprout in their sack.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros