How to Use overcrowded in a Sentence

overcrowded

adjective
  • Shilin is the largest, but it’s become an overcrowded tourist trap over the years.
    — Amber Gibson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
  • There were the same boatloads of tourists on the canals, tour groups on Palace Square, overcrowded bars in Dumskaya Street.
    — Vadim Smyslov, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2024
  • This is another sign the plant’s roots are overcrowded and need more room to grow.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The brand took notes from the overcrowded beer market, where over-the-top designs catch the eye of overwhelmed customers.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Still, the low-slung coral island doesn’t feel overcrowded.
    — Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Ahead of the adoption event, the public shelter was overcrowded for months.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024
  • Set aside the veggies and protein (so your pan doesn't get overcrowded).
    — Christina Manian, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The sector’s blue chips tend to be overcrowded, which is a recipe for limited yields.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • The building was in good repair, but very much overcrowded.
    — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Lorde had announced the event in a message to fans late in the afternoon but the park soon became overcrowded with fans.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Dozens of men and boys who were aboard the overcrowded dinghy jumped into the sea, Doctors Without Borders said.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Come relaxed, not stressed from a ride in an overcrowded Métro or a taxi that has been trapped in central Paris’s gridlock.
    — Elaine Sciolino, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Come relaxed, not stressed from a ride in an overcrowded Métro or a taxi that has been trapped in central Paris’s gridlock.
    — Elaine Sciolino, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Doctors have warned about the risk of disease spreading in overcrowded shelters and refugee camps in Gaza’s south.
    — Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Here's a look at which buildings are overcrowded and how many students are enrolled in the county.
    — Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Even with three furry friends at home — a keeshond named Maurice and two cats, Napoleon and Charlemagne — the apartment was cozy but not overcrowded.
    — Debra Kamin, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
  • This will solve the housing problem for many, and free up some of the overcrowded shelters costing the city so many billions of dollars.
    — Eliza Shapiro, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The county jail, in any case, was overcrowded, and there was a statewide shortage of public defenders.
    — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The video, Respect the City, is playing on cruise ships, on flights, and at airports, part of a larger project that began in 2018 to clean up the city’s image as overcrowded.
    — Lebawit Lily Girma, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023
  • My teeth were both crooked and overcrowded; in the 1960s metal braces were considered the solution.
    — Valerie Monroe, Allure, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Both are overcrowded and facing dire conditions, U.N. and aid groups have said.
    — Kayla Guo, New York Times, 18 May 2024
  • And nearly half of those residents are under 18 years old, making for overcrowded schools that can’t right-size fast enough to keep up with the area’s growth.
    — Michael Lee, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The brand was released last year and is already carving a notable niche in an overcrowded market.
    — Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
  • But most poultry birds are raised in overcrowded farms with tens of thousands of other birds, with layers of feces and litter on the barn floor.
    — Kenny Torrella, Vox, 4 June 2024
  • Dog assembles Robot, and the two of them proceed to spend a wonderful summer in the overcrowded, sweaty city.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 June 2024
  • But with about 1,300 students in a former middle school, the school was overcrowded and unable to offer some services.
    — Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Residents were told to move further south to Rafah, the U.N. said, increasing the strain of already overcrowded shelters in that area.
    — NBC News, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Their building has been overcrowded since the IRS ordered remote employees back to the office in March.
    — Arkansas Online, 21 Apr. 2025
  • And despite its massive size, Schneider said the ship is designed to avoid feeling overcrowded.
    — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Every place the military was stationed was overcrowded.
    — Joan Didion, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025

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