GROW in a Sentence

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For GROW, below is one of 384 sentences:
He had gone on rubbing his rust-red hair in a puzzled way, but a nice comforted look had begun to grow in his blue eyes.

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 Meanings and Examples of GROW
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grow
 v.  increase in size or amount, or to become more advanced or developed
 v.  pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  '"Lots o' spring flowers grow from 'em.'
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  Our Dickon can make a flower grow out of a brick walk.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
3  Pick the prettiest ones and easy to grow because she has never done it before and lived in India which is different.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
4  Mistress Mary felt her face grow red.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
5  Of course, it did seem to begin to grow for her that morning.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
6  I never had a secret," he said, "except that one about not living to grow up.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
7  "Perhaps he'll grow out of it, if he lives," suggested Mr. Roach.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
8  He had gone on rubbing his rust-red hair in a puzzled way, but a nice comforted look had begun to grow in his blue eyes.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
9  I'm going to see everything grow here.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
10  He only knew that the valley seemed to grow quieter and quieter as he sat and stared at the bright delicate blueness.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
11  'You've no right to grow here,' said the Dormouse.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI. Who Stole the Tarts?
12  But presently it began to flag a trifle, and grow disjointed.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
13  But no one came, and as she lay waiting the house seemed to grow more and more silent.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
14  They were bedridden all of Wednesday and Thursday, and seemed to grow more and more tired and worn, all the time.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
15  It's in a good humor makin ready to grow things.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
Example Sentence: (174 in 12 pages)
16  The boy taught me to grow, those girls taught me how to love.
17  Persons dying from cancer grow thin and visibly waste away.
18  Embryos grow by cell division.
19  It takes two to three weeks to grow the culture from which the presence of handicap can be detected.
20  Plants grow fast in the warmest season.
21  The reason why we have to grow trees is that they can supply fresh air for us.
22  It would have to grow by acquisitions or joint ventures to achieve global reach.
23  As people grow older they generally become less dexterous.
24  Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
25  A fox may grow grey, but never good.
26  We grow neither better nor worse as we grow old but more like ourselves.
27  Most children who stammer grow out of it.
28  We're going to grow a variegated ivy up the back of the house.
29  Weeds grow thickly in rich soil.
30  A fox may grow gray, but never good.