overfull

Example Sentences

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Before she knew it, the rest of the cake was gone and she felt overfull.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025

It’s likely that Mars Sample Return’s budget partly caused the layoffs, but they also came down to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory having an overfull plate of planetary missions and suffering budget cuts.

From Salon • May 3, 2024

Or, if the way you eat leaves you perpetually hungry, tired and cranky — or perhaps overfull, lethargic and uncomfortable — there’s clearly room for positive change.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2023

You’ve probably heard the stories from India about hospitals that are overfull and simultaneously discharging body after body, about the shortages that are driving people to beg for oxygen on social media.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2021

The hall in which they stood was overfull of dark wood and weighty carving, dim under the heaviness of the staircase, which lay back from the farther end.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson