fill to the brim

Example Sentences

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And my heart would fill to the brim.

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2016

On the Nord-Express, "I saw a city, with its toylike trams, linden trees and brick walls, enter the compartment, hobnob with the mirrors, and fill to the brim the windows on the corridor side."

From Time Magazine Archive

At Wal-Mart, as opposed to say Lord & Taylor, customers shop with supermarket-style shopping carts, which they can fill to the brim before proceeding to the fitting room.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

“Good. Being a little bit thirsty will remind us why we need to ration,” he rebuts, his anger beginning to fill to the brim.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

But fill high your glasses—fill, fill to the brim, I've a different toast to propose: While such eyes, and such skies, still are beaming for him, Here's a health to the jolly Blue Nose.

From Humour of the North by Burpee, Lawrence J. (Lawrence Johnstone)