brim over
Example Sentences
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In short, Desplechin makes films that brim over, feel alive.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2016
Every memoir should brim over with the physical experiences that once streamed in—the smell of garlicky gumbo, your hand in an animal’s fur, the ocean’s phosphor lighting up bodies underwater all acid green.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 11, 2015
The top surfaces of these tub-shaped pieces are untouched by human hand and look like water just about to brim over.
From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2015
Splice also requires participants to collaborate on a piece, and Clarinda Mac Low and Jordana Che Toback, performing on Thursday night, don’t exactly brim over with artistic simpatico.
From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2011
But Rose is already nodding, even while her eyes brim over with emotion.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
