gone to seed
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The outfit didn’t evoke a fearless mustering of Real American patriots so much as a Chippendale dancer gone to seed.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2024
The stadium’s origins date to the turn of the 20th century and a patch of land known as Agricultural Park, an aging fairgrounds gone to seed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2023
This Batman has gone to seed, bearded, shaggy gray hair rattling around decayed Wayne Manor until he’s roused from his torpor by the twin Flashes.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2023
To drape a veil of verdancy over a world gone to seed?
From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2022
There’s a fountain in the middle of it, a round fountain spraying water in the shape of a dandelion gone to seed.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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