overfull

Example Sentences

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Before she knew it, the rest of the cake was gone and she felt overfull.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025

It’s likely that Mars Sample Return’s budget partly caused the layoffs, but they also came down to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory having an overfull plate of planetary missions and suffering budget cuts.

From Salon • May 3, 2024

Or, if the way you eat leaves you perpetually hungry, tired and cranky — or perhaps overfull, lethargic and uncomfortable — there’s clearly room for positive change.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2023

They slept on their own lawns or in parks, and in the cold March air, some wound up as pneumonia cases in the already overfull hospitals.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2023

She hides her knowledge well....The silence went on, everybody afraid to speak, thoughts crisscrossing in the overfull air, eyes averted, shifting, lowered at last to the ground.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya