How to Use outgrow in a Sentence

outgrow

verb
  • She's outgrown most of her toys.
  • The plant has outgrown my garden.
  • Kids outgrow their clothes so quickly.
  • I realized that I had outgrown my old high school friends.
  • Our business is outgrowing its small office building.
  • Plus, even grown-ups don’t have to outgrow the fun.
    — Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 19 Dec. 2025
  • What happens when your child outgrows their old car seat?
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Who knows what it will be used for after our kids outgrow the beds.
    — Chad Stokes, Popular Mechanics, 20 Feb. 2021
  • These guards can be left on the tree until the tree outgrows them.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Have your kids outgrown their winter clothes?
    — Lacey Ramburger, The Spruce, 23 May 2026
  • Or maybe the adults who use the app outgrew their taste for grade-school lunches.
    — Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2017
  • You’re allowed to outgrow your brand.
    — Mira Tzur, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Even the most demure shrub can outgrow a spot in 10 years.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2026
  • This is a story about someone who could not, who had outgrown it.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 May 2026
  • Dad stands in the back next to the oldest son who has already outgrown him.
    — Washington Post, 15 May 2018
  • Some citrus trees with thorns outgrow them as the tree matures.
    — oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2022
  • But that man of his time did outgrow many of [his] prejudices.
    — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2022
  • In a few instances the moss can outgrow landscape plants.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2026
  • The game, too, has outgrown some of the regional sites of the past.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Once your kid outgrows it, pass it along or swap it out for a bigger model.
    — Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 6 May 2023
  • The company will outgrow you in the right way.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • My children have outgrown that section of the park.
    — Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Many of those were outgrowing shared kitchen and warehouse space.
    — Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com, 28 June 2018
  • And with three growing boys, there’s always clothes that get outgrown.
    — Colby Gordon, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Nov. 2024
  • If the shrub has outgrown its space, remove only one-third of the plant each year.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
  • There’s the trike both my kids have outgrown (one, collecting dust on my porch).
    — Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
  • On the other side of the entrance, more tanks wait for shrimp to outgrow the pools of young.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 July 2022
  • Repot the tree to the next size up when the roots outgrow the container.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The goal is not to outgrow the constraint as fast as possible.
    — Sylvana Quader Sinha, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Is Punch outgrowing his plushy?
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 8 June 2026

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