From among the dry bushes Overgrowing the bed of the "khor," a big snake emerged and, gliding sinuously with the rapidity of lightning among the fragments of rocks, escaped to some hiding-place known to itself.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
He must, indeed, have been greatly deceived as to the footing on which the two Courts stood with reference to each other-their friendly footing and their mutual agreement to oppose the Overgrowing ambition of their common enemy.
"Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, v10"
Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
Their road, which took them to Vlammertinghe, led through level fields, lying waste and desolate with rank, Overgrowing weeds.
"The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land"
Ralph Connor