An overflowing; an inundation or flood, especially when the water is charged with much suspended material.\ (Source: BJGEO)
1 Hospitals are full to overflowing , while water, food and power are scarce.
2 The hall was filled to overflowing ; one hundred guineas being taken in.
3 The valley is full of people; the hotels crowded, the camps overflowing .
4 Tilting the glass when pouring can also help prevent it from overflowing .
5 In recent days, more and more vessels have been overflowing with people.
6 In Robinson's case, unfortunately, the debit column is now full to overflowing .
7 Hospitals and treatment centres across the country are overflowing with cholera patients.
8 The blood ferments and bubbles; overflowing vitality seeks to extend its sphere.
9 The universality of the Gospel is overflowing the banks of Jewish narrowness.
10 The river Derwent is shown overflowing along the edge of the glacier.
11 His overflowing kindness discharged itself in the sincerest and most solemn asseverations.
12 The population steadily grew; Rome was filling up like an overflowing marsh.
13 One of the sinks was stopped up with paper towels, and overflowing .
14 It was held in the Methodist church, which was filled to overflowing .
15 The sidewalks were overflowing with pedestrians and the windows with curious spectators.
16 Or when the gutters are overflowing down the side of the house.
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