17 examples of overfilling in sentences

Unter den Linden, in expectation of the Kaiser's return, was overfilled with excited, waiting throngs.

From the moment of his arrival, he seemed to detect a different atmosphere in his surroundings,the demeanour of Phoebe, his staunch ally, who admitted him without her usual welcoming smile; the unanalysable sense of something wanting in the dainty little room, overfilled with strong-smelling, hothouse flowers in the entrance and welcome of Elizabeth herself.

Just as you can ruin the stomach and impair the whole body by taking too much nourishment, so you can overfill and choke the mind by feeding it too much.

But it remains a question whether he did not make a disproportionate sacrifice; whether he did not empty his first act in order to overfill his second.

It would be tedious to dwell on the pretty part which the tail plays in the courtships of sparrows and pigeons, or on the sprightly attitudes by which birds of all sorts let off their spirits when shower and sunshine have overfilled their hearts with gladness.

A little farther along the music seems to broaden and deepen: Now is the high-tide of the year, And whatever of life hath ebbed away Comes flooding back with a ripply cheer, Into every bare inlet and creek and bay; Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it, We are happy now because God wills it.

The peaceful countryside was overflowing with men and bristling with bayonets; every village was a crammed-full military cantonment, every barn stuffed with soldiers like an overfilled barracks.

A deep and passionate emotion filled and overfilled her heart with the memory.

They were overfilled with various types of these Belgian people whom I had been watching all daythe fugitives of a ravaged country.

She was like one overfilled with delight when she saw him.

I find after a somewhat casual investigation that you have been consistently violating a large number of city ordinanceskeeping parrots, beating rugs, allowing unmuzzled dogs at large, overfilling your garbage cans, disregarding the speed laws and traffic regulations, using improperly secured window boxes" "Anything else?" inquired Pierpont jocularly.

The newspaper he had folded and left ready to read at leisure was used to light the fire, although an overfilled waste-basket stood near.

When you sing "My country, 'tis of thee," you do not mean, "My post-office, 'tis of thee," nor yet, "My fellow citizens, 'tis of you, just as the creatures who crowd the street and who overfill the railway cars," that I sing.

Yet she knew it, and her young heart was overfilled with happiness.

In helping soup, fish, or any other dish, remember that to overfill a plate is as bad as to supply it too scantily.

In helping soup, fish, or any other dish, remember that to overfill a plate is as bad as to supply it too scantily.

of such charms compact As nature stints elsewhere: which you may find Under the tender eyelid of a serpent, Or in the gurge of a kiss-coloured rose, By drops and sparks: but when she moves, you see, Like water from a crystal overfilled, Fresh beauty tremble out of her and lave Her fair sides to the ground.

17 examples of  overfilling  in sentences