Literary notes about Growing (AI summary)
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.
- The thought of his little grandson's growing wealth was a real pleasure to him.
— from The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. by John Galsworthy - 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 - The oldest coffee-growing district in São Paulo is Campinas.
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers - 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 - 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 - Growing Jealousies and Outbreaks between the Republics.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Marco Polo and da Pisa Rusticiano - 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 - [145] "Don't talk nonsense," said Alice more boldly: "you know you're growing too."
— from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - But he was growing—he was certainly growing.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. Montgomery - You must pay the penalty of growing-up, Paul.
— from Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery - 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 - 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