Sentence examples for month I grew from inspiring English sources

In a month, I grew an inch and a half.

During my first visit to Rome in April, I grew accustomed to this pattern of sudden, unexpected upsets, followed by quick, painless resolutions.

With reference to your Tom Graveney obituary (5 November), I grew up in Bristol, living close to Tom's family (there were four children – Ken, Tom, Maurice and Dorothy).

Andrew Krivak, a former Jesuit seminarian and the author of "The Sojourn," a novel to be published in May: "I grew up in a house where, early on, there was almost as much Slovak as English spoken, the Christmas Eve dinner of fish, soup, and oplatki wafers (and a bit of brandy, of course) seemed almost more important than Christmas Day itself.

KHET MAR: I grew up in a fishing village.

This March, I grew tormented by the fact that I was peeing up to five times a night.

At an event in Queens this week about federal grants for American history programs, the chancellor, who turns 57 next month, said, "I grew up as part of ancient history not very far from here".

Re "The Germans Came; Now They Are Us: An Ethnic Queens Neighborhood Is Melting Away Into America" (news article, Oct. 25): I grew up in Ridgewood in the 1930's and 40's.

MARK SCHOFER Providence, R.I. Freedom to be Vulgar To the Sports Editor: Re. "M.L.S. Tries to Mute Fans' Vulgar Chants," Sept. 20: I grew up in Britain, a willing and enthusiastic participant in numerous blue soccer crowd chants, exposed to phrases and songs that were far more obscene than anything heard in Major League Soccer stadiums.

Jan Ole Gerster: I grew up in West Germany, but it was very provincial, in the countryside.

At one point in 2013, Alba, writing on Iron March says, "I grew up in a small military town with a native reserve 10 minutes away"—a description that fits Kentville.