How to Use sprout in a Sentence

sprout

1 of 2 verb

• Potatoes will sprout in the bag if kept in a warm place.
• The garden is sprouting weeds.
• The tree is already sprouting leaves.
• She dreamed that her boss had sprouted horns.
• Hair sprouted on his face.
• He sprouted a beard since the last time I saw him.
• Lay the carrots and Brussels sprouts out to roast on the pan(s).
  — Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2023
• Your pit should start to sprout roots and a stem in about six weeks.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 1 Aug. 2023
• Over a few weeks, the bulbs will sprout Kelly green stalks and showy blooms.
  — Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2023
• Any warmer and the bulbs may begin to sprout leaves ahead of schedule.
  — Charlotte Germane, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2022
• My to-do lists have started to sprout to-do lists of their own.
  — M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
• This Brussels sprout slaw is perfect for any time of the year.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2023
• The nodes will sprout new branches to bear this summer’s crop.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
• Its limbs were torn in the wind, but within 18 months, the young tree was sprouting new shoots.
  — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
• Keep soil sown to beets moist and the seed should sprout in about a week during warmish weather.
  — Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2023
• Brussels sprouts: Among the last to go in the pot, the Brussels sprouts only cook for 30 minutes at the end.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2023
• Thus, the cantaloupe and beans made a valiant effort to sprout and then withered away.
  — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022
• And there’s this: craft grain mills have sprouted (pun intended) in the area.
  — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2023
• But the singed tree remained standing, and has shown a new sign of hope: New green leaves sprouting among the dead.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2023
• That is when the corn is at its maximum height, begins to sprout and pops a crown of thin spikes.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Aug. 2022
• His jaw grew square, and his face sprouted the beginnings of a beard.
  — Kurt Streeter Mason Trinca, New York Times, 5 May 2023
• The seeds will begin to take color and sprout into a fully live plant in about 1-2 weeks.
  — Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2023
• Then, there are the valet stands that magically sprout from the ground at the start of dinner service.
  — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• What about the weed-selling bodegas and trucks that had been sprouting up across the city throughout the summer?
  — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
• Tines will sprout skyward from these main beams and, in the case of mule deer, will typically fork.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 28 Sep. 2023
• After this brief flash of light, stems begin to sprout, not skyward but down into the soil.
  — Ruby Tandoh, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2022
• Small tomato plants sprouted in tidy rows on one side of the road and pima cotton on the other.
  — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• In some places, clusters of baby Joshua trees sprout from shrubs or from the roots of other plants that burned and toppled over.
  — Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Aug. 2023
• In each hole, drop two to four seeds and water frequently (do not let the soil get dry) and wait until the blooms begin to sprout.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 22 Feb. 2023
• Then be patient: New shoots may take several months to sprout.
  — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2023

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sprout

2 of 2 noun

• The sprout begins to send leaves above those of the host, and sinewy roots creep down the trunk and into the soil.
  — Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
• All plants have a life cycle from when a seed sprouts to when the plant dies.
  — Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2023
• Now, seedlings are beginning to sprout through the ground.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2021
• Ages 3+ Easter is a great time to plant those seeds and see what sprouts.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 15 Feb. 2023
• There will be more branches to sprout from the Francona tree.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2021
• No longer was there a dilemma about what to do with the little sprout.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 8 Oct. 2021
• While a stump remains, the tree’s root system may be alive and able to re-sprout.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 22 Aug. 2021
• The cloves go in the ground in mid-fall, sprout at the end of winter, grow through spring, and are ready to harvest in summer.
  — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 1 Oct. 2021
• An assortment of greens, vines and sprouts poke out of the earth in rows, covering a chunk of the ground.
  — oregonlive, 17 July 2023
• Then, all that’s left to do is put the bottle in a bright location and wait for your seeds to sprout.
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 17 Jan. 2023
• The green sprouts of the private sector were beginning to grow.
  — John Kleinheinz, Fortune, 31 May 2023
• That would limit the space in which sprouts could develop.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Mar. 2023
• This humble root vegetable is ready to be the next Brussels sprout.
  — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2021
• Use Cut Vine and Stump Killer to treat the pruning cut on unwanted seedlings that sprout.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 25 June 2021
• For a book lover with a green thumb, these sprout bookmarks are an adorable way to meld their two hobbies.
  — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 10 Oct. 2022
• Out back there's an enormous swan-neck wing that sprouts from the sloping roofline rather than the decklid.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 10 June 2023
• Beams of light sprout out of her body, forcing onlookers to their knees in awe.
  — Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 14 May 2021
• An imposing beard sprouts from his face like a holy land mufti.
  — Jeff Weiss, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
• Our fries, Brussels sprouts, and wings were fully cooked.
  — Caroline Thomason, Health, 9 Mar. 2023
• Some of these cacti, in fact, sprout flowers that have evolved to bloom at night just to attract bats.
  — Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 3 May 2022
• Don’t have potatoes, turnips, Brussels sprouts, or mushrooms in the house?
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2023
• Smash sprouts: Place cooked Brussels sprouts on a large-rimmed baking sheet.
  — Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2023
• My salvia greggii ‘Lipstick’ used to die completely back in the winter and sprout again in the spring.
  — oregonlive, 19 Feb. 2022
• On the field, a lone figure stood in a green spotlight, backed by the shadow of an unfolding sprout.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 23 July 2021
• Coaching trees sprout, and that can results in coaches with the same name being hired over and over again.
  — Tom Schad, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2022
• Patrolling for nascent issues is key, starting in the spring and checking for young sprouts.
  — Tovah Martin, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
• When the sprout gets about 6 inches tall, cut it back to about 3 inches to encourage more root growth.
  — Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 18 May 2021
• Great ideas usually start out small, sprout, and then begin to grow.
  — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2022
• If some sprouts are larger than others, use a sharp knife point and cut a shallow slice or X in tip of sprout.
  — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Oct. 2022
• If some sprouts are larger than others, use a sharp knife point and cut a shallow slice or X in tip of sprout.
  — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024