overgrown

Example Sentences

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A market dip is a prime opportunity to shave back overgrown allocations at a lower tax cost.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

Traipsing down the Hollywood Farmers Market with giant heads of lettuce and overgrown bouquets feels not only like release, but also resistance and resilience.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Stewart did not refrain from expressing this opinion in the saltiest terms on-air, especially to Carlson, the show’s co-host who was cast as the overgrown college Republican with odious views and a polka dot bowtie.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026

From this open-air vantage, you can truly appreciate Chiang Mai’s moated old city, more overgrown village than urban center.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

Ugwu stooped down beside the wildly overgrown bush with the white flowers and stared at the pile of burned books.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie