sprout
Example Sentences
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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.
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
