overgrew

Tall grass overgrew the mine sites, and the mine equipment began to rust and crumble as the years wore on.

THE STORY OF THE KINKASEKI MEMORIAL 2009

“We should take this all out,” he says, nodding at the crumbling leaves, the tomato plants that long ago overgrew their stakes and now trail the dirt.

Harvest Kathryn Kulpa 2009

“We should take this all out,” he says, nodding at the crumbling leaves, the tomato plants that long ago overgrew their stakes and now trail the dirt.

Harvest 2009

Your hatred68 of your father was of such stature that it entirely outstripped, overgrew, and overshadowed your love of me.

Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions 2007

Those details overgrew, if one may so express it, the original trunk of the story itself as fungi grow over the stump of a tree.

Lieutenant Yergunov's Story 2006

The lawn overgrew what remained of the brick edging along the front walk.

Mary, Mary Patterson, James, 1947- 2005

He waited in the shadows of the barred gate of Palmer College as the University proctor made his way along the lane, pausing every few yards to rustle with his long staff among the stalks of climbing bamboo that overgrew the red walls of Graces, Palmer's ancient rival.

Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

The broken battlements, enwreathed with ivy, proclaimed the fallen grandeur of the place, while the shattered vacant window-frames exhibited its desolation, and the high grass that overgrew the threshold seemed to say how long it was since mortal foot had entered.

A Sicilian Romance 2004

Alas, it is shame that ever ye were made knight, to see such a lad to match such a knight, as the weed overgrew the corn.

Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table 2003

An arched doorway had opened from the house into this thickened square, but it was soiled and dusty; and the damp weeds that overgrew the quadrangle drooped undisturbed against it.

Uncle Silas 2003