overswarm

Example Sentences

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He bought her every imaginable luxury, overdecorated the house, kept it overwarm.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

"The weather is overwarm for an iron coat," answered Gilbert, with a laugh.

From Via Crucis by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

The weather is fine, and a little overwarm.

From In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk by Butterworth, Hezekiah

Dinner was at noon on Thanksgiving Day, and the Monroes, sated and overwarm, were sitting about the fire when Rodney Parker and his friend, Alvah Brigham, came to take Martie and Sally walking.

From Martie, the Unconquered by Norris, Kathleen Thompson

Meanwhile, the Vicar read through the form, And gave her another, not overwarm, That made her little eyes twinkle.

From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Hood, Thomas