Example Sentences

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It will take about a year before we see the tips of the trees sprouting through the plastic tubes, however, it will be at least 100 years before the trees are properly grown.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

This struggle is exactly why so many social clubs have been sprouting up in L.A. over the last few years.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

"The seeds are sprouting and the harvest is coming," Hichilema said, touting a planned nationwide geological survey to map untapped deposits.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

Hospitals were early AI users, long before massive data centers started sprouting across the U.S. landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

I was a child of fourteen, while he and Willem were already university men, sprouting straggly beards and breathing out cigar smoke with their conversation.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom