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brimming

[ US /ˈbɹɪmɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /bɹˈɪmɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. 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
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