overplus

Example Sentences

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Their silence is more eloquent than words, Their passing out is but life's overplus, Their tongues are tempered into two-edged swords.

From Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation by Richmond, Hiram Hoyt

Just imagine'—working himself up to nervous irritation—'being at the mercy of some healthy, high-spirited young creature, who will insult me every day with her overplus of pure animal enjoyment.

From Lover or Friend by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

There was a very great overplus of every thing, it seemed, in the world.

From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

Complete expresses not excess or overplus, and yet not mere sufficiency, but harmony, proportion, fitness to a design, or ideal.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin

Now it is clear that in this case a schoolmaster can subsist; since, in the course of the very first year, he gets an overplus beyond this dock-money of his office.

From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas