overflow

Example Sentences

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The less fortunate sat on the floor in an overflow room.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Passing by on a random weeknight, one might see an overflow of patrons spilling onto Vermont Avenue, as the shop regularly hosts authors to discuss their new books.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Heavy rain in recent weeks caused sewage systems to overflow in crowded tent camps.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

The cemetery, too, starts to overflow, and so bodies must be burned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

A growing anxiety that already had filled him, and now threatened to overflow.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers