overflow
Example Sentences
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“I am absolutely overflowing with love and gratitude and disbelief,” she added.
From Los Angeles Times
It was temporarily re-opened to help deal with the overflow of cases from Guildford 40 miles away - and its future remains uncertain, despite the backlogs.
From BBC
Human waste spilled out of the overflowing communal latrines near Nyariaka’s house and into the fetid water filling the culverts.
From Salon
“There are pools of water everywhere, sewage overflowing,” Khalaf, 29 years old, said.
Residents in the Grange Park estate in Loughborough say they were forced to dig their own flood defences when a privately owned pond that was meant to protect their homes overflowed.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
