sprouted

past tense of sprout

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprouted
Verb
  • That system, the engine that fuels most of the teams that Brennan Marion has coached, is now rooted at Sacramento State.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Just a simple path to follow around the ancient trees, all stable and strongly rooted.
    Janine Di Giovanni, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Yanghee Paik’s idea for her period care brand Rael germinated at an unexpected place — The Walt Disney Studios.
    Emily Burns, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
  • Ryan Reynolds, a lifelong John Candy fan, produced the documentary and asked Hanks to direct it.
    Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But the carbon footprint of the meat consumption depends on where the meat was produced, Goldstein said.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • These delicate fruits are picked before they're fully ripened, which means that the right storage methods are key to coax the best flavor and quality out of them.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2025
  • In the nose is pineapple and sun-ripened mango.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The hedges surrounding the UGA football field today might not be the exact same shrubs from 96 years ago, but they’ve been propagated from the originals planted in 1929, preserving the continuity and lineage.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The idea propagated by Saturday Night Live skits and sitcom one-liners that Lilith Fair was a misandrist showcase for joyless, hormonal angst was totally alien to accounts of what being there actually felt like.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Rapp planted a big smooch on Towa's cheek, and the two joined the band for the bridge.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
  • These bouts of illness forced him into hours of quiet isolation but also sharpened his resolve and planted a deep seed of empathy.
    Liz McNeil, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Sprouted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprouted. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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