grew

[groo]

verb

1. simple past tense of grow.

grew

/ ɡruː /

verb

1. the past tense of grow

Example Sentences

It’s been an adjustment for a player who grew up with a guard’s skill set even though he was taller than most of his peers.

From Los Angeles Times

Mulroney grew up in the U.K., the daughter of a factory worker and a janitor.

From Los Angeles Times

Braekhus was adopted from an orphanage in Cartagena at the age of two and grew up in Sandviken, a neighbourhood of Bergen.

From BBC

When I was younger, I was smaller so I was a winger, but around 16-21 I grew and now I am too long!

From BBC

Delila Combs, 18, pleaded: "We can't watch our baby sister grow up fatherless the same way we grew up motherless... Please, please give our family the chance to heal."

From BBC

Related Words

• advance 
• age 
• become 
• breed 
• build 
• come 
• cultivate 
• develop 
• expand 
• flourish 
• gain 
• increase 
• mature 
• multiply 
• produce 
• raise 
• rise 
• spread 
• sprout 
• swell