overflow
Example Sentences
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The mammoth Brazilian crop has the U.S. agricultural market worried about overflowing global supplies and bargain prices for beans.
The whole city of Chicago seemed suddenly to overflow with orange pumpkins and tart apples.
From Literature
Plates overflowed with fried eggs, hash browns and bacon.
From Los Angeles Times
My father’s memorial service overflowed with friends, former patients and neighbors, each one with a story about how he’d helped them, laughed with them or simply made them feel less alone.
Water gathered in low-lying valleys and river channels, overflowed crater rims, and rushed through canyons.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
