Example sentences for: overgrown

How can you use “overgrown” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It will seem as if one day, things are going along just fine--fresh, new leaves and flowers--and the next, I haven't finished with this, I forgot about that, I neglected this, I left that out in the rain, that should have been moved, that is overgrown, that is dead, and the weeds are taking over . Taking to bed with Henry Mitchell is the surest palliative I know.

  • Although little more than an overgrown village, it was a haven for young northern Europeans seeking an inexpensive vacation with much sun, sand, and sangría.

  • 5C) and was stable on overgrown confluent HUVEC up to 96 hrs in culture (not shown).

  • Its exotic character is enhanced by the twin-columned 13th-century cloister overgrown with tropical plants, orange, lemon, and palm trees.

  • Hemingway’s favorite old hangout, the romantically overgrown island of Torcello, beyond Burano, is one of the lagoon’s oldest inhabited spots, very prosperous until emptied by a malaria epidemic.


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