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
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It is not astonishing, perhaps, that two children, modern children in particular, and a nursery-maid can fill to overflowing a small London house, but it is astonishing how demoralizing a thing it is.
From The Professional Aunt by Wemyss, Mary C.E.
Take from the oven and fill to overflowing with boiling hot, strained tomato, then seal.
From Canned Fruit, Preserves, and Jellies: Household Methods of Preparation U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 203 by Parloa, Maria