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Example sentences for "overflow"

Lexicographically close words:
overfeed; overfeeding; overfilled; overfishing; overflight; overflowed; overflowing; overflowings; overflown; overflows
  1. Long lived for the most part they are not, especially the bass, they overflow their bank so oft to drown the organs.

  2. After a long sitting, it becomes like a street in a dashing shower, where the spouts are flushing above, and the conduits running below, while the Jordans like swelling rivers overflow their banks.

  3. His wisdom is the coldest part about him, for it ever points to the north, and it lies lowest, which makes his valour every tide overflow it.

  4. Locally these habitats are called "overflow swamps," a name here adopted for the habitat.

  5. These individuals were on the logs in an overflow swamp, and they reached down with a fore foot into the water to secure the food, which was then presented to the mouth with the same foot.

  6. Artificial Conditions Overflow swamp habitat: Due to the rise in water-level of the lakes of the Cisco Lake chain many low areas of forest have been flooded and killed.

  7. Right where that li'l' knoll makes the overflow curve 'ud be a good spot.

  8. I w'udn't wonder but what he c'ud hear the water gugglin' plain as it runs down the overflow to the alfalfa patches.

  9. The spring, I suppose, is a little extra-strong just now, causing that slight overflow up above here.

  10. It was this slight overflow which supplied the driblet we had followed up from the caƱon below.

  11. It was those sacks lying in the channel which backed up the water and made it overflow, and when Long John cleared the course by pulling out the sacks it didn't overflow any more.

  12. Rivers sometimes receive such great quantities of water that they overflow their banks, and destroy much valuable property.

  13. The result of this overflow was one of the greatest floods ever known, and many, no doubt, who read this, were there to see its terrible effects.

  14. Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, Judgment will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

  15. Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, Judgment will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet; and the bail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

  16. In cases where distance from the sea or other causes make it impracticable to allow the overflow from the tanks to run to waste, special precautions must be taken to keep the water pure.

  17. These interjectory remarks were not twaddle, they were the overflow of the heart.

  18. And the orator and his audience were all nearer crying than they knew, for it was pride and love that made their hearts beat so high and their eyes overflow with happy tears.

  19. By these words, it seems that it did not only rain from heaven, but also the springs and fountains were opened; which together with the great rain of his strength, did overflow the world the sooner.

  20. I am come into DEEP waters, where the floods overflow me" (Psa 69:2).

  21. To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.

  22. The opening among the stones and grass was then increased, thus producing a strong fall at the bottom of the passage, the overflow from which escaped by the inner well.

  23. But nothing could be easier than to dig a broad deep ditch, which could be filled from the lake, and the overflow of which would throw itself by a rapid fall into the bed of the Mercy.

  24. The lord of that place consented, as became a loyal vassal, to let the water go, but predicted disastrous consequences to the city from the overflow which would be sure to follow if the water were taken there.

  25. After the overflow of the lake, which happened at this time, the king gave orders that this should be used ever after for buildings in the city.

  26. He caused "the floods of infinite tenderness pent up in His Divine Heart to overflow into the soul of His little Spouse.

  27. I only partly guess, but which does not therefore the less exist, and which I know will overflow so soon as I turn my back.

  28. The overflow pipe hangs off the side of the boat.

  29. An overflow is also provided, so that, should the water not be sucked out of the tank quickly enough, it will not flood the boat.

  30. Let that dear Presence dawn and glow, fairer than morn's first ray, And thy pure radiance overflow the splendor of the day.

  31. It was not so To him, whose cup did overflow With mine unutterable woe.

  32. Honor to those whose words or deeds Thus help us in our daily needs, And by their overflow Raise us from what is low!

  33. It may be likened to the overflow pipe of a horse trough which is being fed from a spring.

  34. To measure the flow of water from such a spring, all that is necessary is to measure the water escaping through the overflow when the water in the trough has attained a permanent level.


  35. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "overflow" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abound; abundance; affluence; alluvium; amplitude; avalanche; bonanza; brim; cascade; cataclysm; cataract; congestion; deluge; drown; engulf; excess; extravagance; exuberance; fat; fertility; fill; flood; flow; fluency; flush; fullness; generosity; glut; gush; gushing; inundate; inundation; landslide; lavishness; liberality; lot; luxuriate; maximum; much; myriad; opulence; outpouring; overabundance; overcharge; overflow; overgrow; overload; overmuch; overplus; override; overrun; overrunning; overspread; overweight; overwhelm; plenitude; plenty; plethora; pour; prevalence; prodigality; productiveness; productivity; profusion; quantity; rain; redundancy; reiteration; repletion; riot; saturation; scads; seethe; shower; slop; slosh; spate; spill; stream; submerge; submersion; substantiality; superabundance; superfluity; surcharge; surfeit; surplus; swamp; swarm; sweep; tautology; teem; tirade; torrent; trample; washout; wealth; well; whelm