overgrown

Example Sentences

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The garden was overgrown and the kitchen smelled musty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

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

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 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

“Probably trying to improve the fire road. It’s badly overgrown just south of the fire. We will hold for now until I hear Heavy Equipment is being deployed.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2025

All seven of them dashed across a street and then back onto the rest of the overgrown path.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix