Sentence examples for become overrun from inspiring English sources

But how can those cities turn the taps off when they become overrun?When towns such as Barcelona are in danger of becoming victims of their own success, the best place to start is deciding which kind of tourists to keep.

As time has gone on, though, ticket prices have soaredto thousands of dollars and the event has become overrun with startup guys, causing some to speculate that the festival is becoming more of a "corporate retreat" than a utopia of decommodification.

Gradually conference has become overrun with lobbyists.

Meanwhile, the island paradise had become overrun by tourism.

Like most major European cities these days, Rome has become overrun with tourists.

The restaurant scene here has become overrun by imports and imitators, transfers and transplants.

The shop became overrun with teenage mods.

Mr. MacLeod saw Mr. Zig lose his rent-regulated apartment on Carmine Street after it became overrun with roosting pigeons.

Mr. Medina's main Bronx office became overrun by parents, some of whom were dangerous and some of whom came simply to hang out.

Actually, I heartily wish they were since I might then have got a decent desk today at the British Library, which becomes overrun with undergraduates during the university holidays.

It was set up over the weekend after a sports complex where migrants had been staying became overrun by trash and raw sewage during days of heavy rain.