mushrooming

• The smoke spread, mushrooming, and the light of the flames jumped above it and played like scariet goblins on a black toadstool Doc said, "We had better see if we can do something But before they could move there came a sobbing noise from above, as of a gigantic bat in swift passage, and the ball of Moore and Randweil was suddenly above them They're gonna attack us!" —  027 - The Secret In The Sky
• But by then the markets had collapsed, along with the economies of the market countries; and the loggers had moved north to Siberia with its vast forests and its ravenous demand for lumber for the mushrooming new towns. —  Gardner Dozois - The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection (2006)
• "I was mushrooming, and there was a carriage accident along the road, just past the manor gates Good gracious!" —  Stephanie Laurens - A Fine Passion
• Moldova (MNN) ― A FARMS project in Moldova is 'mushrooming' for a church plant. mushroom farm —  Mission Network News Headlines
• The mushrooming, rapid advancements of the modern era and its technologies has made our life a living heaven - and yet not. —  Bloggers.Pakistan

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