overflow

Example Sentences

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Does it speak of an overflow of creativity — or of an inability to edit?

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Slurry entered the stream after a pump on a concrete tank's overflow pipe failed.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

"So the boats overflow and over-spill sediment, propellers churn sediment up on the lake bed and there's run-off from the storage yards."

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

In addition, Calpers maintains investment authority over a so-called overflow fund.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

That year the rains had come so gently that the Salinas River did not overflow.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck