overflowing

Example Sentences

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Overflowing rivers coursed through villages, sweeping away homes, roads and bridges and triggering landslides.

From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025

"Overflowing with displaced people seeking shelter - it has become a refuge for those who have lost everything: their homes, their loved ones, their sense of security."

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2024

Overflowing with flavor and color, it is a veritable delight to the senses — all five of them!

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2024

Overflowing rivers caused severe damage to roads and bridges.

From Washington Times • Sep. 5, 2023

Overflowing pitcher plants grew in irregular beds, on slender stems, lifting high their flat buds.

From Michael O'Halloran by Stratton-Porter, Gene