undergrowth

Example Sentences

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Special forces found Oseguera hiding in undergrowth, badly wounded along with two of his team, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

He was surrounded by the soldiers again, who found him hiding in the undergrowth, the head of the military explained.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

This ability allows Balanophora to spread quickly into the narrow ecological niche it prefers: dark, moist forest undergrowth where few other plants can survive.

From Science Daily • Dec. 20, 2025

Mr O'Brien says the film team made the environment look broken down, heavily overgrown with weeds and undergrowth, and with "almost a sense of rottenness inherent in the fabric of the building".

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

As I stood in this state of indecision, there was a dry crack of wood and a careless disturbance of undergrowth perhaps fifty feet into the woods—something good-sized and unseen.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson