gone to seed
Example Sentences
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This Batman has gone to seed, bearded, shaggy gray hair rattling around decayed Wayne Manor until he’s roused from his torpor by the twin Flashes.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2023
To save yourself additional work in the garden, hold off on adding any weeds, especially those that have gone to seed, which could potentially sprout and spread wherever you place your final compost.
From Salon • Jun. 26, 2022
Which did you film first: the prologue scenes where your character is neat and trim, or the main sequences where he has gone to seed?
From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2021
Could be because he signed a lease for a small storefront that had gone to seed after many years as an Armand’s Chicago Pizzeria outlet.
From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2020
The Plant had gone to seed, and we had swept every tiny fleck into a labeled envelope, which had then been placed in a labeled jar, which had then been locked in the library cabinet.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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