Example sentences for: overflowing

How can you use “overflowing” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Their stories range from a mirthful account by a Bristol woman about her shiftless next-door neighbor whose overflowing drain gutters flooded her property, to a somber story by a man from South Wales whose son's leg was amputated in a fearful childhood accident.

  • These pages are filled to overflowing with the names of programs to be created or increased.

  • The Crispix came back in force; in fact, the last time I was at the supermarket, the checker gazed at my overflowing cart and said: "Lot of cereal eaters in your house, are there?"

  • The administration is overflowing with unconfirmed "acting" officials.

  • Hollywood is overflowing with rumors that someone--anyone--is planning to buy Universal away from Seagram and run it properly.


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