overfilled
Example Sentences
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In one deafening and dangerous laboratory mishap, a glass tube that was overfilled with gas exploded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
On Aug. 15, a worker overfilled a leachate storage tank, causing 3,000 gallons of rancid liquid waste to spill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2024
"The criminal statutes cited in this case are pretty broad and could apply to millions of people who don't file a return for one reason or another... prisons could, theoretically, be overfilled with tax criminals."
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2023
But after the visit, they would “go right back to overfilled pods and lack of staff and equipment to handle the situation.”
From Washington Times ● May 5, 2023
I sealed the Ziploc bag around the last quarter of my sandwich, got up, and tossed it into an overfilled trash can.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
