Example sentences for: overflowing

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

  • That night the engineer goes home only to find that his fax machine is already overflowing with résumés from all the other engineers who want in--not even caring what the company will do.

  • Ian Gibson's Dalí is an overflowing dumpster of a book, which puts forward an irritating psychological argument about its subject.

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

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

  • This 19th-century covered market is an overflowing cornucopia of delights for the senses: fresh fish; meats; sausages; fruits and vegetables; and all kinds of spices, neatly braided ropes of garlic, sun-dried tomatoes and peppers, preserves, and sweetmeats, to make a gourmand swoon.


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