fill to overflowing
Example Sentences
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And, in time, that bucket would fill to overflowing.
From Washington Times • Nov. 29, 2015
It would be good to get a definitive answer before the first-class carriages from Piccadilly to Euston fill to overflowing.
From The Guardian • Jul. 31, 2010
To a potential inductee whose middle-age spread will no doubt fill to overflowing the unyielding dimensions of a G.I. trouser, there comes encouragement indeed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Have the cans heated, and put in first a little of the syrup, then pack in the pears very carefully; fill to overflowing with the scalding syrup, and finish as previously directed.
From Science in the Kitchen. by Kellogg, Mrs. E. E.
Last winter hotels and boarding-houses at Nice were all full; fast as new ones are built, they fill to overflowing.
From In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" by Betham-Edwards, Matilda
