overgrown

Example Sentences

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In September 2025, the Shrine Pool could have been an overgrown hiking trail.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 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

By the century’s end it was fragmentary and partially overgrown, its once-pulsing culture withered to a memory that only the growth of the federal highway system in the 20th century would revive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

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

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

I nod toward Isabella’s grave, remembering how untidy and overgrown it had been the day of Gram’s funeral.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish