overgrown

Example Sentences

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Power outages from overgrown limbs have long plagued Metro Detroit.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

For example, in the early 1990s, he and his colleagues examined standard recommendations for conserving reed beds—important habitats for birds that become overgrown with trees over time.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

A market dip is a prime opportunity to shave back overgrown allocations at a lower tax cost.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

The schools, clinics, the manicured golf course — onetime amenities from an industry awash in petrodollars — gone or overgrown with weeds.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

Directly ahead lay a vast overgrown area which was neither pasture nor meadow.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques