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The word "growing" in literature is a versatile term that authors use to evoke a sense of gradual change, development, and escalation in both physical and abstract realms. In some contexts, it signals a tangible, almost organic increase—as when wealth accumulates steadily ([1]) or trees, crops, and even wool develop over time ([2], [3], [4]). In other instances, "growing" underscores the intensification of emotions or situations, such as mounting terror ([5]), jealousy ([6]), or inner transformation ([7], [8]). Authors also employ it metaphorically to reflect the evolution of character and circumstance—from the physical maturation of a child ([9], [10]) to the deepening patterns of conflict or despair in society ([11], [12]). This layered usage highlights how a single word can bridge the natural world with the human experience, enriching narratives with an enduring sense of progress.
  1. The thought of his little grandson's growing wealth was a real pleasure to him.
    — from The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. by John Galsworthy
  2. The huge trees of the alluvial Amazonian plain gave place to the Phoenix and coco palms, growing in scattered clumps, with thick brushwood between.
    — from The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
  3. The oldest coffee-growing district in São Paulo is Campinas.
    — from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
  4. The material used for the best quality is the selected fine wool, growing next to the skin of goats.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  5. At last, in a horribly hoarse, broken voice, she began, shrieking and gasping at every word, with a look of growing terror.
    — from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  6. Growing Jealousies and Outbreaks between the Republics.
    — from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Marco Polo and da Pisa Rusticiano
  7. The priest stopped once again, his soul filled with a growing and irresistible tenderness.
    — from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant
  8. [145] "Don't talk nonsense," said Alice more boldly: "you know you're growing too."
    — from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
  9. But he was growing—he was certainly growing.
    — from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. Montgomery
  10. You must pay the penalty of growing-up, Paul.
    — from Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery
  11. We shall thus have a thin wall steadily growing upward but always crowned by a gigantic coping.
    — from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin
  12. The case is this: my father’s health is growing noticeably worse, he cannot stand any contradiction and is becoming irritable.
    — from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy

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