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"
Ann Radcliffe
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, Volume I (of II) King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table"
Thomas Malory
The surrounding bush, in its wild entanglement, completely Overgrew it.
"The Heart of Unaga"
Ridgwell Cullum