How to Use overgrown in a Sentence

overgrown

adjective
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  • The garden is overgrown with weeds.
  • He acts like an overgrown child.
  • The buck bedded near an overgrown washout that ran through the corn.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Damien described the role to me as sort of like an overgrown Pied Piper.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 24 Dec. 2022
  • The overgrown lot was cleared and the weak foundation shored up.
    — Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Some of the trails are a bit overgrown, but navigating the trees is part of the fun.
    — Todd Plummer, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2023
  • And out front, with the overgrown bushes cleared, the blue house now proudly shows its face to the world.
    — Anna Tarnow, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Forests are overgrown, and rising heat and drought add to the dangers.
    — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 28 May 2024
  • Just be sure to bring plenty of light for the walk back as the trail is a bit overgrown and unmarked.
    — Kyle Ellison, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2023
  • This portion of the trail is known for being steep and at times overgrown.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
  • It is also not known whether he was shot in the street or in the small overgrown area where his body was found.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2024
  • If the lawn is overgrown, reduce the height by removing just one-third of the length at a time.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2024
  • The land was, and some still is, an old, overgrown apple orchard.
    — Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 6 Oct. 2022
  • It’s on the bend of a firebreak that’s 15 yards wide and separates the creek from an overgrown field.
    — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Sarah's body had been found in an area of overgrown brush, about 300 feet away from her car in the school parking lot.
    — Lauren Clark, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The overgrown world that is Seattle is filled with new and old perils.
    — Benjamin Levin, CNN Underscored, 15 June 2020
  • The 15th is propping up an overgrown plant in my bathroom window, and the 16th?
    — Laura Gurfein, Peoplemag, 13 May 2024
  • When these owners bought it the 1½ acres were remains of a 100-year-old overgrown golf course.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2020
  • Long term, overgrown nails can lead to arthritis and tendonitis in their feet, legs and back.
    — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2023
  • With too few people to work them, cities and farms were abandoned and overgrown.
    — Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 2 June 2024
  • Don’t hike in overgrown brushy areas or on trails where ticks may hide.
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2021
  • My gardens and my yards are all overgrown, and my house has never been such a mess.
    — Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Another opened up in an overgrown patch of grass just north of the border wall.
    — Kevin Sieff, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Oct. 2020
  • If a spring-blooming spirea is wildly overgrown, it can be cut back to 1 foot tall.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2024
  • To the right of her home is a dilapidated structure and to the left is an overgrown lot.
    — Anna Beahm | Abeahm@al.com, al, 24 Nov. 2019
  • This is my favorite place to look: A scrubby, overgrown field with some browse, berries, locust trees (deer love the pods), and the like.
    — Mike Hanback, Outdoor Life, 24 Mar. 2020
  • There was a downed tree in the overgrown front yard, the knob on the security door was loose, and the bent second-floor blinds were shut tight.
    — Brendan I. Koerner, Wired, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Guards keep the curious away from an overgrown orchard that appears to be the locus of the search.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2021
  • Off-screen drama about who DM’d whom and when only adds to the reunion’s overgrown mean-girl vibe.
    — Washington Post, 28 July 2021
  • Butterfly bushes that never get pruned get scraggly, overgrown, and may only bloom sparsely at the very top of the plant, rather than all over the shrub.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2024

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