How to Use grown in a Sentence

grown

adjective

• It's a job that requires a grown man.
• McIntyre missed the mark a bit, as any grown man would.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 22 June 2022
• Being a queen is a grown woman’s job, and not for the faint of heart.
  — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022
• Aemond, on the other hand, seems to be a full grown man on the show at this point.
  — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 24 Oct. 2022
• On the last page, Rash’s son is a grown man, and sits next to his dad, who is bald with a gray beard.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
• This is how a grown man, in the 21st century, comes to believe that the Earth is flat.
  — Damon Young, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2022
• Two of their three grown children live in apartments next to their home.
  — Dirk Sutro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
• In 2016, Buzz was now a grown man and a seasoned pro who had escaped death three times.
  — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 31 Jan. 2024
• The couple shares two grown children, Trasa and Scott, and eight grandsons.
  — Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com, 24 July 2022
• The ride did many things for us as a family with grown children.
  — Selika Josiah Talbott, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• For grown men who are used to playing sports, babies are tough.
  — Francesca Gariano, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2022
• Griffin is already built like a grown man despite being one of the youngest prospects in the class.
  — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 18 May 2022
• What kind of grown man walks around blaming his mother?
  — Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2023
• In the hours before Ian hit, Peggy kept in close touch with their three grown children.
  — Janine Zeitlin, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2022
• My husband had two grown daughters, a 36- and a 38-year-old who lived with their mother.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 22 May 2022
• In July of last year, a grown man pulled on a giant bear costume and set out to walk across the country.
  — Gloria Liu, The Atlantic, 9 July 2022
• Gail Corso is a local artist and a wife and mother to three grown children.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 16 Nov. 2022
• Erica is able to beat up a grown man who is also an athlete and has her pinned to the ground.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 4 July 2022
• That gives your kids a chance to see the full repertoire of a grown man’s activities and feelings.
  — Drew Magary, Men's Health, 31 May 2023
• The team has been asked to recover from the shock, understand the NBA is a business and a grown man’s game, and get ready for the season.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2022
• So any follow-up movie would at the very least need to address the fact that Indy is married with a (grown) kid.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 30 June 2023
• Shohei Otani is a grown man and made a decision to pursue greatness.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2023
• At age 16, Mckenzie held her own against a grown man in a Las Vegas freestyle rap battle.
  — Gale Hollandstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2022
• His house on Goshen Road was narrowly missed by the full-grown trees in his front yard that toppled under the high winds.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 7 July 2022
• Baker is the father of three grown children, and is married to Lauren.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 13 Mar. 2023
• Just be a grown man, come in and be professional, do your job and go home is the attitude here.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2024
• Why is a grown man scared to go into a boot store without carrying his weapon?
  — Danielle Paquette, John D. Harden and Scott Clement, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Apr. 2023
• Now, that child is a grown woman, has her own business and will be a vendor at the event on one of those Saturdays.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022
• This UConn team is just built differently than a lot of other programs, with Adama Sanogo a grown man in the paint.
  — Vsin.com Staff, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023
• The grown man then became abusive, so Georgia spiked his drink with pills and got the Blood Eyes biker gang to cover it up.
  — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024