Employ
Employ verb - To provide with a paying job.
Grow
Grow verb - To look after or assist the growth of by labor and care.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Not that unlisted series don't employ the Make My Monster Grow phenomenon, just that the same thing isn't said every time.
Source: Catch Phrase / Live-Action TV -
Supernatural Fear Inducer: Being a Humanoid Abomination, Ronnie Schiatto has managed to employ this technique to scare literally everything in a room (except for Isaac and Miria) stiff - including the air.The air didn't grow cold — it just stopped. Completely.
Source: Light Novel / Baccano! -
He doesn't have to kill them directly, but nor does he get to choose - the Rune itself seems to employ some form of probability manipulation to bring about the death of the loved ones so it can grow stronger.
Source: Powered by a Forsaken Child
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