'overflow' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'overflow' with 8 example sentences.
- overflow noun
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: a large flow
: the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
- overflow verb
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: flow or run over (a limit or brim)
: overflow with a certain feeling
The river overflowed its banks and flooded the fields around it.
One drop makes the glass overflow.
He wasn't exactly overflowing with enthusiasm.
The streets were overflowing with young couples.
The bathtub overflowed while she was talking on the phone.
The cupboards were overflowing with the accumulated debris of several years.
The stadium was overflowing with people.
The book's blurbs overflow with superlatives.