grow thick
Example Sentences
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As fields grow thick with woody stalks, the cows simply avoid eating them and the regenerative cycle breaks down.
From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2022
Second, decades of fire suppression have allowed forests and wildlands to grow thick with vegetation, priming them to burn hot and fast.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2022
In neighborhoods where weeds grow thick among the potholes of long-neglected streets, it seems a distant prospect.
From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2021
Their small, soft needles grow thick and lush, creating a sort of waterfall of green.
From National Geographic • Jan. 30, 2018
But the sky began to whiten, the air to grow thick; shadows faded, blue drained out of the sky and snow.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
