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
Phil’s overfull centennial season, its entertainments already having consumed much of our smoggy city’s available arts oxygen, only really began Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2018
Everything feels compressed and submarine to Marie-Laure just then, as if the five of them have been submerged into a murky aquarium overfull of fish, and their fins keep bumping as they shift about.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
