sprout

Example Sentences

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Not even when pigs sprout wings and fly.

From Literature

Even if Nine had been selling the mushrooms with the promise that they’d make toads sprout wings, it wouldn’t matter; for soon, Clare would be gone, Nine’s little mushroom business along with him.

From Literature

She was in elementary school when the war began, and Los Angeles sprouted factories for the war effort and, as we would soon learn, a manufacturer of ugly air.

From Los Angeles Times

Many foreign interpretations of the “SNL” formula have sprouted over the years.

From The Wall Street Journal

This struggle is exactly why so many social clubs have been sprouting up in L.A. over the last few years.

From Los Angeles Times