- past tense form of grow.
grew
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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Jones grew up in Virginia and North Carolina before eventually attending the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, to study writing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Evacuation orders were issued, and then expanded, Monday as the fire grew.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Tupac's mother Afeni was a Black Panther and he grew up around the Black liberation movement.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The least-exposed jobs grew by 0.6% in the same period.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
They grew up around the noise of new construction and immigrants arriving from across the world.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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