grew

[ groo ]

verb

1. simple past tense of grow.

grew

/ ɡruː /

verb

1. the past tense of grow

Example Sentences

Marriott is a commercial interior designer who now lives in Portland, Ore., but grew up in Arcadia.

From Los Angeles Times

The actor grew up in Buffalo, N.Y., with five siblings and was largely raised by his father.

From Los Angeles Times

Giancarlo Esposito, who plays Mayor Cicero in the film, also grew up in a house of opera: His mother was a Black opera singer from Alabama who met his Italian father while performing in Naples.

From Los Angeles Times

The researchers chose three chemically versatile organic compounds from which they grew elastic organic crystals.

From Science Daily

“In the U.S., in-store volumes grew, pickup from store grew faster, and delivery from store grew even faster than that,” he said in a statement Tuesday.

From New York Times

Related Words

• advance
• age
• become
• breed
• build
• come
• cultivate
• develop
• expand
• flourish
• gain
• increase
• mature
• multiply
• produce
• raise
• rise
• spread
• sprout
• swell