Example Sentences

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However, a niche regional rice movement has been germinating for several decades, though growth has been piecemeal.

From Salon • Sep. 20, 2023

I’m curious how long this book has been germinating and what about this story demanded the form of a novel.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2021

“A lot of this stuff has been germinating for a while,” Franken said, adding that he started writing his book during a five-day vacation at his cabin in northern Minnesota just before the November election.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2017

This idea has been germinating for several years and I relish the prospect of setting a book in Marlowe's California, which I always think of in terms of Edward Hopper's paintings.

From The Guardian • Aug. 9, 2012

That party has been germinating for a long time.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 by Various