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• When the bath overflowed, the downstairs lights fused, so we need a torch.From the entry fuse
• You should move these structures from the stack to the heap to avoid a potential stack overflow.From the entry heap
• The train was full to overflowing, and the doors would barely shut.From the entry to overflowing
• Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods.From the entry river
• The jugs were full to the point of overflowing.From the entry full
• I think the overflow bug is in your sproc.From the entry sproc
• I think the overflow bug is in your stored procedure.From the entry stored procedure
• A large roof rat ran from the overflowing bins and disappeared under the house.2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 308. From the entry roof rat
• She filled me up to overflowing and I never got back on my feet.2020 February 3, Jayne Tuttle, “Stopping at one child: 'Every parent feels there's more they could give'”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The…. From the entry to overflowing
• A dog sled snowhook works almost as well, though they are tougher to work in overflows.2020 December 26, John Schandelmeier, “The first step in extracting your snowmachine from overflow: Avoid overflow”, in Anchorage Daily News. From the entry snowhook
• The crispy pastry tube was overflowing with sweetened, whipped ricotta and dotted with chocolate jimmies.2017 September 22, Suzanne Loudermilk, “Dining review: At Giovanni's, hearty Italian fare and an old-fashioned feel”, in The Baltimore…. From the entry jimmy
• Her eyes had watered in the rush and the overflow iced her rosied cheeks.2015, William Flewelling, Inn-By-The-Bye Stories. From the entry rosied
• The bubbling produced a froth with would overflow the glass unless you drank quickly.1996 March 22, Ted Statham, “Re: Pan Galactic Gargleblaster”, in alt.fan.douglas-adams (Usenet). From the entry slarmied
• The whole town was flooded as the river overflowed its banks.1987 November 5, Linda Phillips, “Typhoon blasts Taiwan; churches are damaged”, in The Baptist Record, Mississippi Baptist Convention…. From the entry Hsichih
• The internal overflow steel dam should be used for this purpose to allow byflow.1966, Josef D. Zimmerman, Irrigation, page 326. From the entry byflow
• The back-water (overflow) can be used for "thinning down" the chests when emptying.1908, An Old Machineman, “Re Back-water Query.”, in The World's Paper Trade Review, page 14. From the entry backwater
• A shrubful of nannie-berries at the foot of an ancient vineyard brimmed Myra’s cup to overflowing.1906 October, Julia A[ugusta] Schwartz, “All Kinds of Sense”, in Elinor’s College Career […], Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company…. From the entry shrubful
• Through this plantation ran a creek full of snakeheads and eels, its overflow swelling the swamp around it.2015, Eka Kurniawan, translated by Labodalih Sembiring, Man Tiger, Verso, page 1. From the entry snakehead
• Generally, mass transfer by Roche lobe overflow is required to power LMXRB's, since low mass stars never exhibit strong stellar winds.2012, C. de Loore, C. Doom, Structure and Evolution of Single and Binary Stars, page 386. From the entry Roche lobe
• The cutlery increasing on the drainer, chock a block, While the sink is overflowing as the dishes run amok!2010, Sue Allen, Life.....(in General), →ISBN, page 32. From the entry chock a block
• Anything that could significantly influence your deciding whether to rent the place — low-flying jets, overflowing drains or desanctified brothels.2009 October 29, Randy Cohen, “Our Home Was a Bawdy House”, in The New York Times Magazine. From the entry desanctify
• ModE dial flother 'swamp, a boggy place liable to overflow in wet seasons', very common in f.ns. in Northumberland, e.g.2007, [Journal of the] English Place-Name Society, volume 83, page 14. From the entry flother
• What is really happening during a buffer overflow?2005, Gert De Laet, Gert Schauwers, Network Security Fundamentals, Cisco Press, →ISBN, page 28. From the entry buffer overflow
• A soaker pad can be placed under the infant so that it and not the blanket absorbs the overflow urine.1997, Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, Irene M. Bobak, Shannon E. Perry, Maternity & Women's Health Care, Mosby, →ISBN, page 577. From the entry soaker pad
• Your trench coat, your chinos, your Father’s Day necktie—your closet overflows with gear that was originally worn by stout patriots, fearful conscripts, and paid killers.2019 March 6, Troy Patterson, “From Grunt Style to 'Warcore,' Civilians Are Embracing Military Fashion”, in The New Yorker. From the entry warcore
• Kondoing requires clothing to be folded in a particular way and certain corners of Pinterest overflow with images of diligently arranged underwear drawers.2016 March 11, Ally Garrett, “Decluttering isn’t always so simple for plus-size women”, in stuff. From the entry Kondo
• It didn't take long for floodwaters pouring from the Huai and Sui rivers, and other smaller streams, to swamp the lake to overflowing.2015, Robert W. Dickey, “China Service and 'Frisco Funeral”, in Goliath of Panama: The Life of Soldier and Canal Builder William Luther…. From the entry Hungtse
• Hughes's "Ghost Crabs" has at its core a similar morbid fascination for this invading natural athanasy that overflows the symbolic protections of the self.2014, Borja Aguiló Obrador, “The Nursery Glass and the Wild Moor”, in Research Challenges for Anglophone Studies in the 21st Century…. From the entry athanasy
• It was a Tuesday, ten-cent-hot-wings night, and the local Pagan's Saints gang had the 19th Hole overflowing with leathers, mullets, and ponytails.2012 January 5, Doc Hendley, Wine to Water: How One Man Saved Himself While Trying to Save the World, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry slammed
• When a program or process tries to store more data in a buffer than it was originally anticipated to hold, a buffer overflow occurs.2005, Gert De Laet, Gert Schauwers, Network Security Fundamentals, Cisco Press, →ISBN, page 28. From the entry buffer overflow
• Buses overflowing with Nigériens holler good wishes, thumbs up, as I drive by, and no one peeps when I almost run over a goat.2005 June 29, Natasha Burley, “Meanwhile: Africa, viewed from an '82 Toyota”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times…. From the entry Nigérien
• In this case, slide the collar of the flapper over the overflow tube until it seats against the bottom of the flush valve.2004, David Day, Albert Jackson, Popular Mechanics Complete Home How-to, page 356. From the entry flapper
• Gaiety and an overflowing, outpouring love, warmth and clarity, a lighthanded ease, replaced the tormented tension of the will which had marked the outgrown stage.2003, Ida Friederike Görres, The Hidden Face: A Study of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, →ISBN, page 112. From the entry light-handed

Meaning of overflow

1. noun The spillage resultant from overflowing.
2. noun An outlet for escape of excess material.
3. noun Excess, superabundance.

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Questions about overflow in a sentence

How do you use overflow in a sentence?

Overflow is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The river overflowed the levee into the road.”

What is a short sentence with overflow?

“Calculating 255+1 will overflow an eight-bit byte.”

What does overflow mean?

Overflow means the spillage resultant from overflowing.