How to Use burgeon in a Sentence

burgeon

verb
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  • The market for collectibles has burgeoned in recent years.
  • Taylor took jobs at fast-food joints to support her daughter, a burgeoning artist.
    — Jessica Contrera, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Why has a burgeoning TV star teamed up with a strange internet game?
    — Callum Booth, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Another player whose versatility puts him in the right spot more often than not, Fitzpatrick looks like a burgeoning star.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Now, past the sprawling suburbia, a beautiful burgeoning wine country beckons.
    — Karen Kelso, Orange County Register, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Ever since the number of agitational marches has only burgeoned across India.
    — Niharika Sharma, Quartz India, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Homer is a hub of Alaska's burgeoning local-food movement, which is characterized by the state's brief growing season, indigenous game, and, of course, seafood.
    — Harry Pearson, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The major Wall Street banks, for their part, are finding other ways to play in the burgeoning AI infrastructure market.
    — Ari Levy,jordan Novet, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Advertisement In the 1980s, taggings on the sides of buses and buildings spoke about the burgeoning street art scene that many viewed as vandalism.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
  • And what happened with that burgeoning romance between Finn and Rose that Rise of Skywalker totally ignores?
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Two of the play’s best moments are structured around verbal performances, one by Melba, a burgeoning poet, and the other by Betty, whose preferred genre is best left a surprise.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2019
  • From the outside, the burgeoning farm had the makeup of one that could stand the test of time.
    — Eliza Milio, TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Weaver helped burgeon the Scottsdale Bella Vista Prep girls hoops in 2018.
    — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 1 June 2021
  • That said, the city of Chihuahua is worth a visit on its own for the warmth of its people and the burgeoning culinary and nightlife scenes.
    — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2024
  • An even more spacious spot is set to open in the burgeoning Restaurant Row in Boca Raton in the fall.
    — Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2023
  • As a burgeoning actor, Chris Pine had his sights set high.
    — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Find out what happens when the mask and the wig come off and their burgeoning romance puts them under the spotlight.
    — Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
  • Late night fun: Chart a pub crawl through downtown Mesa's burgeoning bar scene.
    — Jessica Boehm, Axios, 29 July 2024
  • Yet, the idea that soaring debt and burgeoning deficits have finally caught up with the U.S. is ill-founded.
    — Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
  • By the late Sixties, burgeoning sales of light trucks and big vans dropped the wagon's market share to below 10 percent.
    — Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2023
  • His dream was to move to Portugal, a burgeoning crypto tax haven.
    — Ben McKenzie, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2023
  • For the time being, as everyone finds their footing in this burgeoning era, that'll do.
    — Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 5 May 2023
  • And that could give a jolt to an already burgeoning industry.
    — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 15 Jan. 2020
  • The burgeoning controversy is not the first in Musk’s relationship with the ADL.
    — Will Oremus, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
  • While locals might need to put their waterfront walks on pause, the burgeoning bloom is also poised to cause a major halt in tourism.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Has the burgeoning interest in tabletop and role-playing changed how indie games get made, pitched, and sold?
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The change is due in part to the influx of new out-of-state residents and a burgeoning Latino population.
    — Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, azcentral, 24 Feb. 2020
  • Christakis is part of a burgeoning movement to address the issue.
    — NBC News, 31 Jan. 2020
  • As her show was nearing its sudden end, Williams shared with the world the details of her divorce and burgeoning mental health crisis.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Puka Nacua is a burgeoning star, a rookie off to a historic start for the Rams in part because of a hamstring injury that sidelined Kupp for the first four games of the season.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023

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