overfill

Example Sentences

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The risk comes when a lake overfills, bursting through its natural barrier and sending a torrent of water rushing down mountain valleys.

From Reuters • Feb. 7, 2023

Defying Rachel’s initial wishes, Miriam literally overfills Rachel’s cup.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2021

That's the last drop that overfills the cup.

From King Cole by Masefield, John

Such poems always suffer in time in comparison with the song of a man who sings because "the heart is so full that a drop overfills it."

From Selections from American poetry, with special reference to Poe, Longfellow, Lowell and Whittier by Carhart, Margaret Spraque

Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it; We are happy now because God wills it.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John