The two men who appeared before her did so so unexpectedly that it was as though they had sprouted from the earth itself.
"We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run"
James Arthur Kjelgaard
Grass sprouted between the pebbles and a greenish stain lay upon the flagstones.
"The Blue Pavilions"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
When the corn sprouted in the stooks one late wet harvest, and Burnbrae lost half his capital, he only said, "It's no lichtsome," and no congratulations on a good harvest ever extracted more from Drumsheugh than "A' daurna complain."
"Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush"
Ian Maclaren