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
Use tall wide necked bottles and fill to overflowing, using the same precautions as you would in canning fruit.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
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
