overgrow

Example Sentences

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We moved on to his backyard, where mi tío had trimmed hedges that the previous owner let overgrow.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2023

Don’t let plants overgrow them, and make sure no dirt or debris is getting in.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2023

People who take high doses of antibiotics tend to lose many of their normal gut bacteria, allowing a naturally antibiotic-resistant species called Clostridium difficile to overgrow and cause severe gastric problems, especially chronic diarrhea.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Mr Merrick, who was from Leicester, is thought to have had a condition called Proteus syndrome which can cause tissue to overgrow.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2021

But as your forests grow apace, sovereign-kings! overrunning the tumuli in your western vales; so, while deriving their substance from the past, succeeding generations overgrow it; but in time, themselves decay.

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman