overflow

Example Sentences

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Residents are being evacuated in trucks and horse-drawn carriages as overflow from the Loukkos River floods a neighbourhood in northern Morocco.

From Barron's

Erato tipped the potion into a pot and held the pot sideways over the fire, so the liquid flowed to its side, close to the lip but not overflowing.

From Literature

The corridors jam with weary war travelers, and the loos overflow with stink.

From Literature

I roll up the dirty diaper and stuff it in the overflowing diaper pail.

From Literature

Our fields overflowing with vegetables that feed us through the year, the gentle clucking of the hens.

From Literature