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
“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
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
Come, boys, fill your glasses, and fill to the brim, Here's the essence of humor, the soul, too, of whim!
From A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries by Spofford, Ainsworth Rand
