overcrowd
Example Sentences
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However, operators often flout safety rules and overcrowd them beyond capacity.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024
Don’t overcrowd an entry with too much furniture.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2023
Cook them in batches, if need be, but don't overcrowd the pan, or the mushrooms will never brown properly.
From Salon • Feb. 1, 2023
“I don’t even know if it’s possible to overcrowd your way into buying a house anywhere in L.A. when every house is $1 million,” Fulton said.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2022
To overcrowd a tent is hygienically almost impossible, for the atmosphere of a tent, however crowded, will never become tainted in the same sense as a room.
From The War in South Africa Its Cause and Conduct by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir