overgrown

Example Sentences

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A football club in the Isle of Lewis has started turning an overgrown area into a new training pitch with funding from NHS Western Isles.

From BBC

I had hiked to Jordan Hot Springs and the burn scar of the 2002 McNally fire to probe big questions of fire ecology: Are Sierra forests overgrown?

From Los Angeles Times

“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

The 6,498 "high consequence" defences were among about 8,500 that were not fully working as intended due to erosion, damage or being overgrown.

From BBC

Its entrance is sealed with a crude brick-and-mud wall, and an overgrown bougainvillea, bright with pink blooms, spills over the front boundary.

From BBC