overfilled

Example Sentences

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"It's vital people don't leave any rubbish behind, that businesses' bins are not overfilled."

From BBC • May 21, 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

That could hit manufacturing and retail, as consumers contemplate their overfilled closets.

From New York Times • May 17, 2022

“Our emergency departments are overfilled and we have patients in every bed. Now an ominous question looms: Will you be able to get care from your local community hospital without delay? Today, that is uncertain.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2021

Winston, however, in rewriting the forecast, marked the figure down to fifty-seven millions, so as to allow for the usual claim that the quota had been overfilled.

From "1984" by George Orwell