grow
verb (used without object)
to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
was growing
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past progressiveof grow.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Leonardo Silva, a coordinator for state and organized crime issues at the FBSP, said that cellphone crime was growing more sophisticated.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
They warned him he was getting in over his head and that the operation was growing too large.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Topics like budgeting and investing weren’t discussed at home when Wilson was growing up.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
To continue on the subject of family, what did teenage rebellion look like in the Morello household when he was growing up?
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
Mrs. Caruthers had been awake all morning, longer than any days previous, and the old woman was clearly feeling better because she was growing crankier by the hour.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
