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US
/ˈbɹɪmɪŋ/
]
[ UK /bɹˈɪmɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /bɹˈɪmɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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filled to capacity
eyes brimming with tears
I am brimful of chowder
a brimful cup
a child brimming over with curiosity
How To Use brimming In A Sentence
- The speech was brimming with ideas for rewarding work and reducing dependency. Times, Sunday Times
- Saturday morning came, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life.
- Most, however, returned home, brimming over with plunder.
- His portraits often show his subjects brimming with youthful idealism and naivety; touchingly eager for fame, rather than sullied by it. Times, Sunday Times
- These include the pitcher plants of the Asian tropics, known as Nepenthes, which resemble jugs brimming with nectar—or perhaps more accurately, mouths slavering with drool.
- His portraits often show his subjects brimming with youthful idealism and naivety; touchingly eager for fame, rather than sullied by it. Times, Sunday Times
- The truth is that this region is brimming with self-confidence - and with good reason.
- I was brimming with hopes for obtaining a good liberal arts education, then training in journalism.
- How to do this when I wasn't exactly brimming over with information?
- Wolves were brimming with confidence after back-to-back wins. The Sun