Example Sentences

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While football was her first love, she stuck with basketball after the hits from boys who were outgrowing her became too bone-crushing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2021

Her 4-, 6- and 8-year-old girls were outgrowing their clothes faster than she could replace them.

From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2021

“We were outgrowing our house and found an undeveloped wooded lot in Beaufort Park and decided to build our dream house,” he said.

From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2016

It helped persuade both Linda and me of one feature of the tooth fairy we had overlooked: it added a little magic to the girls’ lives just as they were outgrowing princesses.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2011

The problem was that composers were outgrowing not just the old modes and the restrictions placed on them but also the complicated system of tuning that allowed instruments to play in different keys.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall