Example Sentences

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“Consumers are growingly increasingly concerned about the economic impacts of the Iran war but still expect the conflict to be short-lived,” my colleague Megan Leonhardt reports:

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Although the source material changed, the fundamental Jamal style remained the appealing sound it had always been, enhanced by growingly rhapsodic pianistic touches.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2023

Other issues include the newly relaxed transfer portal, the inequalities between men’s and women’s basketball, the growingly complex infractions process and the future of “One and Done.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2022

Over a growingly irritated crowd, Big Boi acknowledges being in New York, “y’all’s city,” and tries to show respect to the New York rappers by crediting them as “original emcees.”

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2021

The signal-burr brought all three to a halt, and the angry tumult of growingly unrestrained emotion froze.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov