fill to overflowing

Example Sentences

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And, in time, that bucket would fill to overflowing.

From Washington Times • Nov. 29, 2015

It would be good to get a definitive answer before the first-class carriages from Piccadilly to Euston fill to overflowing.

From The Guardian • Jul. 31, 2010

To a potential inductee whose middle-age spread will no doubt fill to overflowing the unyielding dimensions of a G.I. trouser, there comes encouragement indeed.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is nothing I ask for; no need is there in my being, no want in my life that this Gita does not fill to overflowing.'

From The Reconciliation of Races and Religions by Cheyne, Thomas Kelly

Remove the tops, fill to overflowing with boiling syrup, and seal at once.

From Public School Domestic Science by Hoodless, Adelaide