Sentence examples for grown too close from inspiring English sources

The one-time slayer of the Tammany Tiger had grown too close to machine politicians.

In 1983, United States forces invaded Grenada because Washington feared the island had grown too close to Cuba.

It could be that the columnists have grown too close to the metropolitan values many of their readers despise.

Ivies also fall into this category, traveling with suction roots that can do a number on plaster or wallpaper if grown too close to the wall.

Look to see that weeds or bushes have not grown too close to the compressor, he said, and that no debris has been sucked up into the coil.

Mr. Christie spoke directly to those who stayed behind, saying the storm had grown too close and they would have to wait out the storm until it was safer for emergency workers to return.

I grew too close to our nannies, and that closeness and need for connection clouded my judgment.

But Mr. Connolly grew too close to his source.

Not only does lettuce need to be fertilised and weeded, but also "thinned" so that good plants do not grow too close to each other, inhibiting growth.

As well as having to be fertilised and weeded, lettuce must also be "thinned" so that good plants do not grow too close to each other, inhibiting growth.

When a plant is identified as a weed or as a lettuce head that is growing too close to another one a nozzle at the back of the unit squirts out a concentrated dose of fertiliser.