weeds
Example Sentences
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His flop of black curls was growing like weeds, but he didn’t mind it.
From Literature
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A recent installment of the podcast “In Proximity” featured Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler getting in the weeds about the production of “Sinners,” including how Jordan distinctly portrayed twins Smoke and Stack.
From Los Angeles Times
The more weeds I dug up, the higher that mountain got.
From Literature
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But there are no zombies wandering around, just an eerie silence, with weeds growing through the 294 houses and a lake with no wildlife.
From BBC
“And bilharzia spread, and water weeds came—when they started messing with the river! There’s always a price for tampering with nature.”
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.