fill to the brim
Example Sentences
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And my heart would fill to the brim.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2016
On the Nord-Express, "I saw a city, with its toylike trams, linden trees and brick walls, enter the compartment, hobnob with the mirrors, and fill to the brim the windows on the corridor side."
From Time Magazine Archive
At Wal-Mart, as opposed to say Lord & Taylor, customers shop with supermarket-style shopping carts, which they can fill to the brim before proceeding to the fitting room.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
“Good. Being a little bit thirsty will remind us why we need to ration,” he rebuts, his anger beginning to fill to the brim.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
“The well would fill to the brim and overflow in a minute or two.”
From Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters by Francis B. Pearson
