Literary notes about burgeoning (AI summary)
The term "burgeoning" in literature evokes a vivid sense of rapid expansion and dynamic growth, whether that be in nature, human sensation, or abstract constructs. It often describes the awakening of life and the unfolding of potential, as seen in depictions of nature’s emerging colors and springtime renewal [1, 2, 3] and in imagery that likens emotional or intellectual development to the sprouting of leaves or the blossoming of youth [4, 5, 6]. At times, it is extended to portray the efflorescence of ideas, trends, or even empires, where flourishing change is both a physical and metaphorical transformation [7, 8, 9]. In all these uses, “burgeoning” powerfully encapsulates the energy and promise inherent in the early stages of growth.
- Punctual dawn never finds the world unready, April's burgeoning colors bury away forever the memories of winter wind and deluge.
— from Saturday's Child by Kathleen Thompson Norris - The song of birds came glad and multitudinous as in the burgeoning dawn of a glorious May.
— from Uther and Igraine by Warwick Deeping - In the Tuileries gardens, glancing aslant the trees, I saw the first green of the year, as the buds were burgeoning and breaking into tiny leaves.
— from The Soul of the War by Philip Gibbs - The young girl, burgeoning into a marvelous womanhood, sat before him like an embodied spirit.
— from Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking - There was a burgeoning within him of strange feelings and unwonted impulses.
— from White Fang by Jack London - She was overcome with shame and with the mystery of her own burgeoning womanhood.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London - He completed a TAFE course in computer programming and found a job in the burgeoning Internet industry.
— from Underground: Hacking, madness and obsession on the electronic frontier by Suelette Dreyfus - But it was all done, and here he was with a fortune and the framework of a burgeoning financial empire.
— from The Pirates of Ersatz by Murray Leinster - Earth, with its depleted iron ranges, its exhausted tin and copper mines, and its burgeoning population, was hungry for metal.
— from Gold in the Sky by Alan Edward Nourse
