overfilled

Example Sentences

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He told the BBC there had been "a mixture of some chemicals within the systems" of the pool, which had been overfilled.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2025

But after the visit, they would “go right back to overfilled pods and lack of staff and equipment to handle the situation.”

From Washington Times • May 5, 2023

Most of my first few job interviews in my career required me to troll through H&M praying I could find trousers that didn’t make me look like a burlap sack overfilled with Christmas presents.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2022

Feelings — big, sloppy, mixed, unedited, self-incriminating feelings — slosh out of them like the contents of overfilled, foaming beer mugs on a wobbly tray.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2020

Because at that moment, as I turned to go down the hall toward the Dungeon of Deadly Dullness that I was sure awaited me in Room 130 of that school, I was overfilled with misery.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan