How to Use overgrow in a Sentence

overgrow

verb

• The weeds have overgrown the garden.
• And some parts of the old path were overgrown with weeds and grass.
  — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2023
• At the time it was overgrown with weeds and brush and had at least one ranch where cattle were raised.
  — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
• Those acres had sat unused for years and were overgrown with shrubs.
  — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2024
• The neighborhood has tried to clean up some of the empty lots that are overgrown with weeds and filled with trash and wildlife.
  — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Mar. 2024
• Trees and brush have slightly overgrown the cemetery, but the headstones are still clear.
  — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Apr. 2023
• First, to be clear: Candida can overgrow in the body and cause problems.
  — Melinda Wenner Moyer, SELF, 10 July 2017
• In the wild, it is known to overgrow forest floors and tree trunks due to its aerial root system.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 26 Nov. 2022
• The Franklins’ home was mostly unchanged; the lawn had the same old broad-leaved trees, but the path down to the garage was overgrown with flowering shrubs.
  — Werner Herzog, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
• Control weeds that are filling bare spots and overgrowing the good grass.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2024
• Now in ruins, the structure lacked a roof and was overgrown with tropical plants.
  — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 12 May 2024
• Lawns were overgrown; the historic chapel, which was built in 1913, by the firm that had just done Grand Central Terminal, was derelict.
  — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
• Unless the shrub is overgrown for the site, very little pruning is needed.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2024
• There were actually two coops and one very long run, which was overgrown with weeds.
  — Martha McPhee, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
• The dog had what looked to be a tumor growing from its leg, masses across the body and nails that were overgrown, the warrant affidavit said.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2025
• Trees that have overgrown their space require pruning every two to three years.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2024
• At the end of May, some yards across Wisconsin will be overgrown with wildflowers and other plants.
  — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2023
• When the 200 activists and farm workers got there, the ranch was vacant, overgrown with weeds, and the farm headquarters empty, except for a stray cow.
  — Jack Nicas Maria Magdalena Arréllaga, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2023
• Individual plants need 4 feet of space to grow, and the vines will overgrow containers and sprawl as much as 15 feet.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 May 2025
• The park was another new one: Before the riverbed was cleaned and its banks strengthened, this place was neglected, overgrown with reeds.
  — Haiane Avakian, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2023
• The entry road was surrounded by chain-link fencing, overgrown with weeds, and festooned with trash.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
• Come summer, ponds and lakes can be overgrown with vegetation that frogs love.
  — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 28 Feb. 2023
• A few days of stubble almost overgrew a soul patch under his lip, like weeds overtaking a garden.
  — John Branch, New York Times, 1 June 2016
• The stately old buildings were chipped and faded or crumbling into the street, their courtyards and sidewalks overgrown and buckled.
  — Chantha Nguon, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2024
• Allowing any rose to grow wildly without pruning will leave the plant overgrown and open to damage from winds, heavy snow, insects, and disease.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2024
• Other homes seemed to be abandoned—partially collapsed and overgrown with weeds.
  — Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
• Listen to this article A meadow on the Barona reservation overgrown with grass and invasive weeds hadn’t burned for decades.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
• Photos show a few of these stone ruins, partially overgrown by the rainforest.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
• The roots grow into the felt to create a living ecosystem, eventually overgrowing the pockets to create a lush look.
  — Gina Mayfield, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2023
• Mumbai's textile factories today are hulking shells of their past, overgrown by wild fig trees.
  — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 25 May 2025