sprout
Example Sentences
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When her first order, a kale and brussels sprout salad, arrived, she said she was shocked at how big it was.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
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
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
With this dry wind the wheat seed that lay in the ground could not sprout and Wang Lung waited anxiously for the rains.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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