gestate

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“This is the continuation of a long gestating effort to remove this sheriff from office.”

From Seattle Times

And with smaller indie venues unable to compete for big-name talent, they’re less likely to take chances on sparsely attended scenes that need time to gestate.

From Los Angeles Times

Whatever impact the duplicity gestating on "Picard" has yet to be revealed, but the view is already inclined to have sympathy for Jack purely based on his parental drama.

From Salon

In a speculative riff on the future of the womb, Hazard talks to a biolaw professor who imagines a world in which fetuses could be gestated outside the body in mechanical “biobags.”

From New York Times

SZA also decided that, to fully gestate “SOS,” she needed to shed her dependencies.

From Los Angeles Times