growth spurt

noun

: an occurrence of growing quickly and suddenly in a short period of time

When he was 11 he had a growth spurt.

Examples of growth spurt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the first time the public had seen the 12-year-old since Christmas Day, the future king appeared to have undergone a significant growth spurt in the months since. —Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 6 Apr. 2026

Both had a significant growth spurt in high school and rank among the smartest players Birch has coached. —Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026

Strong, now 6-foot-2, didn’t hit her growth spurt until later, and the 6-5 Thomas used to tower over her in the post. —Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026

BioCube San Jose North was designed to be flexible enough to accommodate companies that need small spaces to conduct cutting-edge research, along with spaces to handle the same companies, or other firms, that are larger and in a growth spurt. —George Avalos, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for growth spurt

• alert
• assert
• avert
• dessert
• divert
• evert
• exert
• inert
• insert
• invert
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• overt