brim
Example Sentences
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The result is storage facilities that are full to the brim.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
For all of the pain and despair at the heart of Preston’s story, his musical contributions brim with optimism and panache.
From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026
She told the BBC that the airport had been "packed to the brim" before it was announced that no flights had been able to arrive or leave on Monday morning.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026
So much rain fell that season that California’s second-largest reservoir, Lake Oroville, spilled over its brim.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
Another polyester dress, this one in marshmallow white, sauntered down the aisle, topped with a ginormous hat decorated with a pink bouquet around the brim.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing brim
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