mushroom
noun
any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
was mushrooming
-
past progressiveof mushroom.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The August Complex — which was mushrooming into California’s first million-acre fire — was encroaching on her neighborhood and she needed to prepare to evacuate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2024
Less than a century later, Southern California was mushrooming into a metropolis amid showers of welder’s sparks, clanking jackhammers, lumbering earthmovers, and flashy new cultural and commercial landmarks rearing skyward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2023
Arun, in terms of the tight deadline, it was because this was mushrooming and we felt an urgent need on Tuesday afternoon to weigh in quickly.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2016
On Nov. 22, as the uproar over the article was mushrooming, U-Va.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 19, 2014
By the time blond, good-natured Shearing made the trip to the U.S., his friend Waller was dead and something called bop was mushrooming in 52nd Street basements.
From Time Magazine Archive
