GROWN in a Sentence

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255 example sentences for GROWN, such as:
1. Finally I've become a grown up.
2. The bear was a fully grown adult.
3. The family has grown in size recently.
4. Wheat is grown in various parts of the.
5. The old house has grown shabby with age.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of GROWN
grown
 a.  (of animals) fully developed
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  My son-in-law has laid the necessary information against them, but says that their tracks have grown cold.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VI
2  On assembling at the residence indicated, the tchinovniks had occasion to remark that, owing to all these cares and excitements, every one of their number had grown thinner.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER X
3  Yet let it not be inferred from this that our hero's character had grown so blase and hard, or his conscience so blunted, as to preclude his experiencing a particle of sympathy or compassion.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
4  As things are now, the world has grown stupid to a degree that passes belief.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III
5  Only one arbour of lilac and acacia had grown fairly well; they sometimes had tea and dinner in it.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
6  I was stupid and fidgety then,' answered Pavel Petrovitch; 'since then I have grown quieter, if not wiser.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
7  Every one in the house had grown used to him, to his careless manners, and his curt and abrupt speeches.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
8  He felt it would be hard to part from this life to which he had grown so accustomed; but for him to remain alone would be rather odd.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
9  Anna Sergyevna began, and after a brief pause she went on: 'He has grown more confiding now; he talks to me.'
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
10  'The younger generation have grown awfully sly,' remarked Bazarov, and he too laughed.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
11  Natasha, who was treated as though she were grown up, was evidently very proud of this but at the same time felt shy.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XX
12  Prince Vasili, who had grown thinner and paler during the last few days, escorted him to the door, repeating something to him several times in low tones.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXI
13  He seemed to have grown thinner since the morning; his eyes seemed larger than usual when he glanced round and noticed Pierre.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXII
14  The little princess had grown stouter during this time, but her eyes and her short, downy, smiling lip lifted when she began to speak just as merrily and prettily as ever.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXVI
15  "You've grown older, Tikhon," he said in passing to the old man, who kissed his hand.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXVI
Example Sentence: (45 in 4 pages)
1  The bear was a fully grown adult.
2  The old house has grown shabby with age.
3  These latest paintings show how the artist has really grown in maturity.
4  He had grown unused to this sort of attention.
5  Few women can understand a grown man's love of sport.
6  Social scientists have grown extremely unwilling to make value judgments about cultures.
7  Wheat is grown in various parts of the.
8  They have two grown children, both of whom live abroad.
9  Now he's grown up he no longer takes any interest in his stamp collection: he's lost all interest in it.
10  Some shops are bowing to consumer pressure and stocking organically grown vegetables.
11  The family has grown in size recently.
12  Finally I've become a grown up.
13  The two trees have grown together to form a double trunk.
14  My generation have grown up without the experience of a world war.
15  My girl friend discoursed on a topic she had grown greatly interested in.