How to Use grow out in a Sentence

grow out

verb
  • The skills that got you here are not things to grow out of.
    — Monica Cutia, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Take a cutting between the nodes – the place where the leaves grow out from.
    — Dr. Matthew Lisy, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2026
  • Palmer says the project grew out of the shared grief and upheaval of recent years.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 9 July 2026
  • My children grew out of the years when bedtime could bring me to the edge of tears.
    — Kristin Vance Richards, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Cages will work, but tomato plants can quickly grow out and over the tops of them.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
  • When your nails begin to grow out, remove it with an easy soak-off process.
    — Taryn Brooke, Glamour, 16 Dec. 2025
  • To maintain this tree-like look, prune any stems that grow out of the trunk sideways.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2025
  • RicRack grew out of that fusion of ideas.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 27 May 2026
  • This encourages the jade plant to grow out instead of up.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Their two young children are always growing out of their clothes.
    — James Pollard, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The movie shows you that there’s a Zen to the kitchen, and that all of life can grow out of that.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 July 2026
  • This is a cut that’s easier to grow out than baby bangs or blunt bangs.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Ross joked the mustachioed figure had to let his beard grow out, too.
    — Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The idea grew out of her event planning curriculum.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 5 May 2026
  • Founder Chau Nguyen said the idea grew out of his lifelong love of cars.
    — Alexa Liacko, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Younger trees — a year old or younger — should be watered near their trunk, as their roots have not yet grown out as far.
    — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The ruling grew out of months of legal wrangling over control of the guard.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 13 Dec. 2025
  • In fact, some of them even grew out of quiet luxury's rising star.
    — Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 30 Jan. 2026
  • And that’s how beautiful things grow out of grief, out of despair, out of darkness.
    — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Despite her best efforts, the fire quickly grew out of control.
    — Jasmine Viel, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The video shows that Blue grew to embrace her hair as Jay-Z grew out his.
    — Caché McClay, USA Today, 22 June 2026
  • The sauce is made from tomatoes that grew out of the ash of Pompeii, and has a slight sweetness.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026
  • Political movements don’t just grow out of the ground.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
  • This obsession with looks grows out of the fact that skiing is a big part of my identity.
    — Jakob Schiller, Outside, 19 Dec. 2025
  • The concept of temperature grew out of the sense of what feels hot and cold to human touch.
    — Matthew Koss, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Her dreams of breaking into the industry grew out of her dad’s passion for movies.
    — Stacy Lambe, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
  • Yang says the idea grew out of his own struggles with screen time, especially as a parent.
    — Erika Gonzalez, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Masli said the show grew out of her disillusionment with show business.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026
  • Like so many small towns, Hempstead, Texas, grew out of fertile farmland.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Bedard is already an offensive star at 20 with a lot of time to grow out the rest of his game.
    — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 12 May 2026

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