sprouting

Example Sentences

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It will take about a year before we see the tips of the trees sprouting through the plastic tubes, however, it will be at least 100 years before the trees are properly grown.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Visitors can expect yellows and splashes of orange, with more flowers sprouting every day.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

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

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

Already, for-sale signs are sprouting on front lawns, even as real-estate agents warn against a panic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Half a foot taller than Jon, the Braa- vosi sported a beard as thin as a rope sprouting from his chin and reaching almost to his waist.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin