overgrown
Example Sentences
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Its roads are scarred by potholes, sewage leaks and overgrown vegetation.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
It remainsfenced-off, with trash and graffitiand with overgrown vines covering tributes to Kennedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
What had started near a park, where overgrown grass and scrubland enabled the fire spread, had quickly travelled through 35 gardens.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The housework piled up, the yard is overgrown, her expenses have risen and she can’t keep up with her health now that he is gone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Biology, his main subject, seemed to be a wild, overgrown garden of a discipline, lacking any systematic organizing principles.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
