overplus

Example Sentences

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They possess indeed two distinct diets; they do not preserve for the period of famine the overplus of the foods which they consume in the period of abundance.

From The Industries of Animals by Houssay, Frédéric

Why should this overplus, of more than seven millions of pounds of meal, be sent to this prison, when the army of Virginia was calling loudly for grain?

From Martyria or Andersonville Prison by Hamlin, Augustus C.

She has overplus of life to speak and right herself from first to last, to pardon her husband and make arrangements for the welfare of her child.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

Her cloudy condition possibly indicates an overplus of water.

From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck

His business is no longer to produce the supplies for his family and to share the small overplus with society.

From The Holy Earth by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)