How to Use grow up in a Sentence

grow up

verb
  • This is not an easy time to grow up.
    — Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Now look at us, we’re all grown up.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
  • People grew up with these books.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 22 June 2026
  • But growing up, that was not the case.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026
  • The princess is growing up fast!
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
  • That was kind of my thing, even growing up.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 13 June 2026
  • One of childhood's best dips is all grown up.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
  • Pink's daughter is all grown up!
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • That's what had for much of my life growing up.
    — Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Liz grew up on the near West Side.
    — Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Here’s Kyle telling Dorit to grow up.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Dial grew up on the east side and works with youth.
    — Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 6 Sep. 2025
  • That’s when beards grow and young players grow up.
    — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • Both grew up playing sports and were quite good at them.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 25 Apr. 2026
  • On the same land where his father had been born and grown up.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • Nichols grew up in a happy home, but still felt out of place.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Those of us who grew up with him calling races had it the best.
    — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
  • The Fruehes grew up on the same block.
    — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • My wife grew up in a rain forest on Maui.
    — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
  • Some stars come out of nowhere, and others grow up in front of our eyes.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
  • People that grew up during that era knew the end.
    — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Becket grows up with a chip on his shoulder.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Even my mother, a housewife who grew up on a farm.
    — David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Both mother and daughter grew up on the ranch.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Murphy came on in the third season and grew up on the show.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
  • Mike grew up with my son and all the kids grew up together.
    — Victor Jacobo, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The old deck was rotting and had trees growing up through it.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
  • Our kids grew up in a house where arguments were the norm.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
  • But most of my peers had grown up in cities on one of the coasts and had gone to elite schools.
    — Lee Cole june 17, Literary Hub, 17 June 2025
  • Diawara didn’t grow up in a hoops household.
    — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026

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