maturating

"He promoted his clerk to office manager."

"Clouds were forming interesting shapes in the sky. "

"The long walk home after school was painful because of my sore feet. "

"Some foods and drinks, like wine, only reach their full taste at maturity, which literally comes at a price"

"The students are developing their reading skills in their English class. "

"The new math strategies were applied successfully in the classroom. "

"The train slowly underwent the tunnel. "

"The dentist found an abscess near my tooth and said it needed to be treated to prevent the infection from spreading. "

"Not everyone will be infected when an epidemic strikes."

"a big strong man; Jake was tall and strong"

"The force required to compress a spring varies linearly with the displacement."

"The perfect tense, used to describe actions completed before another time, is a useful grammatical tool. "