How to Use transpire in a Sentence

transpire

verb
  • A plant transpires more freely on a hot dry day.
  • No one will soon forget the historic events that transpired on that day.
  • Trees transpire water at a rapid rate.
  • What will transpire tonight in the first round of the draft for the Heat?
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 June 2024
  • But who knows what could transpire in the days and hours before the draft.
    — Sporting Green Staff, SFChronicle.com, 14 Nov. 2020
  • If that does transpire, the storm could fill in quickly around it.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 29 June 2022
  • And the road ahead won't be nearly as long as what has transpired to date.
    — Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2017
  • But the best part of the Big Dance is the first weekend, and the inevitable upsets that will transpire.
    — National Desk, cleveland.com, 11 Nov. 2017
  • Fowler faces a slew of charges stemming from what's transpired over the last few days.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 6 July 2018
  • Events may transpire in a way that leaves you a lot of free time while those around you are busy bees.
    — Magi Helena, oregonlive, 7 July 2020
  • Still, the mania around all that’s transpired over the last handful of weeks makes sense.
    — Wired, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The game comes with some intrigue that has nothing to do with what will transpire on the field.
    — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Nov. 2020
  • The challenge, of course, is to deal with what transpired in the kind of layman's terms that won't cause eyes to glaze over.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 23 July 2019
  • Even at 65-70%, could the kid have been any worse than what transpired Sunday?
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 22 Apr. 2024
  • With these guys, some of it is deserved with what has transpired.
    — Dallas News, 23 Feb. 2020
  • This is true not just of what will transpire onscreen but off it as well.
    — Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Sign up What was transpiring in terms of climate in the rest of the world this past summer?
    — Win McCormack, The New Republic, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Today marks the one year anniversary of that day, and a lot has transpired since the tragedy.
    — Alison Caporimo, Seventeen, 14 Feb. 2019
  • Your job is to document what transpires on the field at all times.
    — Richard Deitsch, SI.com, 1 Oct. 2017
  • As night fell, the sights were a grim reminder of what had transpired hours before.
    — oregonlive.com, 29 July 2019
  • But even if that transpires, the MIB may take a different view.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 14 Aug. 2023
  • There are some projects in the works, that will hopefully transpire as time goes on.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Our guys were poised with everything that transpired in the first half.
    — Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2018
  • Jose Baez [closing in court]: What transpired in the Cure Lounge is the foundation of this case.
    — CBS News, 20 Jan. 2018
  • Ice Cube is still reveling in the events that have just transpired.
    — Kyle Eustice, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Now, 2017 seems like the distant past given all that has transpired since.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The 32-year-old went live on X Spaces to share details about what transpired.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 2 Apr. 2025
  • But much depends on how things transpire in Gaza over the coming weeks.
    — Declan Walsh and David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2017
  • And just thought, for us and him, just in that moment, that making the change there was prudent just with how things had transpired.
    — Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 28 May 2025
  • Rahm missed his birdie putt from 12 feet away badly to the left, perhaps overcompensating for the push that transpired on the hole before.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025

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