sprout

Example Sentences

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Potato flatbread with spruce sprout pesto and pickled white currant.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

"Some branches would die off, and others would sprout up," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

Once they sprout, its tall and graceful characteristics are very conspicuous and catch people’s eye, said David Campbell, an expert on mushroom consumption or a mycophagist.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

Besides, dry as it was, those seeds were never going to sprout, let alone thrive.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool