grow thick
Example Sentences
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Second, decades of fire suppression have allowed forests and wildlands to grow thick with vegetation, priming them to burn hot and fast.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2022
In neighborhoods where weeds grow thick among the potholes of long-neglected streets, it seems a distant prospect.
From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2021
“The preference accorded a dead body rather than a living woman has its point, as fine and subtle as a human hair, but hair can grow thick and strong.”
From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2019
Their small, soft needles grow thick and lush, creating a sort of waterfall of green.
From National Geographic • Jan. 30, 2018
Modest wood-frame houses are dwarfed by the trees, which grow thick and tall here.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
