Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigSuggestions(2)
The phrase "as a sprout" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used metaphorically to describe something in its early stages of development or growth.
Example: "The idea for the project started as a sprout in my mind before it blossomed into a full-fledged plan."
Alternatives: "in its infancy" or "in the early stages".
Exact(4)
He began, perhaps, as a sprout rising from the root of a fallen ash.
The leaves were bitter like green dandelion, but less aggressive, and as tender as a sprout.
However, as a sprout continues to invade closer into the VEGF secreting tissue, matrix-bound VEGF signaling and VEGF gradients will also exhibit the correct isoform monotonicity (refer to Additional file 1, section S3.2, Figure S4.4).
Unlike the behavior of matrix-bound VEGF, an isoform monotonic signal in NRP1-mediated VEGFR2 signaling does not necessarily emerge as a sprout invades into the VEGF secreting tissue (a result of reaction limitations in VEGF/VEGFR2/NRP1 coupling), indicating that NRP1-mediated VEGFR2 signaling may be less capable of giving rise to isoform-specific increases in vascular branching complexity.
Similar(56)
Her Maryjohnny seems a pure, unconscious product of Leenane, as substantial, earthy and moldy as a sprouting potato.
They were the color of a sprout and as fragile as flower petals.
Endothelial cells themselves may secrete VEGF as they form a sprout.
And the design woven into a Navajo rug, which at first glance seems to be purely geometrical, soon reveals itself as a stylized corn stalk sprouting equally stylized ears and tassels.
As a little sprout growing up in Australia, I loved that.
In its branching form, the station's 25-foot-high Church Street canopy, designed by Robert I. Davidson, the authority's chief architect, might come to be seen as a steel sprout, the first shoot of renewed life to emerge above ground.
For most young American soccer players, the road to the pros -- whether in Major League Soccer or abroad -- usually begins as a precocious sprout, jersey reaching past his knees in the beehives of youth soccer.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com