Example Sentences

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"ADP is the canary in the coal mine that things are slowing," said Rhys Williams, chief strategist at Sprouting Rock Asset Management in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

From Reuters • Oct. 4, 2023

Sprouting from your palm are four fingers and an opposable thumb.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2022

The “stressful” and “tiresome” cycle took a toll, all because Sprouting Star Children’s Academy in Pflugerville, Texas, temporarily shuttered a pre-school classroom in response to another parent catching Covid-19.

From The Guardian • Jul. 24, 2020

Her hair is like a fern: Sprouting up from her scalp in all directions, its leaves layering upon one another, but pitch black.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2018

Sprouting up from every one of the broken faults in the basketball court grew giant weeds and sticker bushes as high as our waists.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith