Sentence examples of "growing" in English with translation "devenir"

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He had grown senile recently. Il devient gâteux depuis peu.
People grow more cynical with age. Les gens deviennent plus cyniques avec l'âge.
Tall oaks from little acorns grow Petit poisson deviendra grand
My hair has grown too long. Mes cheveux sont devenus trop longs.
He grew up to be an engineer. Il est né pour devenir ingénieur.
He became wiser as he grew older. Il devint plus sage en vieillissant.
She grew up to be a famous doctor. Elle devint un docteur célèbre.
As he grew older, he became more obstinate. En vieillissant, il est devenu plus obstiné.
A small village grew into a large city. Un hameau grandit jusqu'à devenir une métropole.
The girl has grown into a slender woman. La fille devient une femme svelte.
The older he grew, the more modest he became. Plus il vieillissait, plus il devenait modeste.
Sandra has grown up to be a beautiful woman. Sandra est devenue une jolie femme.
She became more and more beautiful as she grew older. Les années passant, elle devenait de plus en plus belle.
In the course of a year my son grew stronger. En l'espace d'un an, mon fils est devenu plus fort.
As time went on, the sky grew darker and darker. Au fur et à mesure que le temps passait, le ciel devenait de plus en plus sombre.
She grew up to be a lovely woman like her mother. Elle a grandi pour devenir une jolie femme comme sa mère.
He is going to be a doctor when he grows up. Il deviendra docteur quand il sera grand.
The sky grew darker and darker, and the wind blew harder and harder. Le ciel devenait de plus en plus sombre et le vent de plus en plus violent.
It is well that war is so terrible — lest we should grow too fond of it. Il est bon que la guerre soit si terrible, de peur que nous en devenions trop friands.
The girl had grown up without any money and when she married she became a spendthrift. Cette fille a grandi sans argent, et une fois mariée, elle est devenue très dépensière.
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