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
To the weakling of to-day the fight for liberty of conscience would loom up so gigantic a task as to fill to overflowing his little span here below.
From Our Philadelphia by Pennell, Elizabeth Robins
When the fruit is cooked, lift carefully into hot, sterilized jars, and fill to overflowing with boiling syrup.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management by Ontario. Ministry of Education
