sprout
Example Sentences
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The cinema is a place where new ideas sprout and beliefs are forged.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
"Some branches would die off, and others would sprout up," he said.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
Vauxhall, 150 miles southeast of Calgary, calls itself the “Potato Capital of the West,” but its spud fields whiff of petroleum because they also sprout oil derricks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 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
Meat in my mouth, chew ten times, lettuce in my mouth, chew chew chew chew chew chew chew chew chew chew, soggy Brussels sprout, mushroom cap, chew, chew, chew.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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