filled to the brim
Example Sentences
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People think of a WTI oil futures contract as a purely financial instrument, but it legally requires delivery of 1,000 barrels of light, sweet crude to Cushing, Okla. With every tank filled to the brim back then, owners of any spare storage could have charged an outrageous sum—the reason you got paid to buy the contract.
Another was filled to the brim with dusty, old books and a table full of unopened mail.
From Literature
Sumayyah Zara Sillah's eyes light up as she takes hold of a takeaway box filled to the brim with strips of golden-coated Nashville-style hot tenders, dripping with sauce.
From BBC
She handed him the largest of the concession stand cups, filled to the brim with tap water.
From Literature
Nearby, Lyness opened a neighbor’s green bin, which was filled to the brim with trash that wasn’t compostable and should have gone in a black bin.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
