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brimming

  • present participle of brim.

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Brimming with dark humor, the novel follows a failed Pitbull impersonator’s encounter with a captive orca at the Miami Seaquarium.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2025

She added: "He was always the first to help people in need. Brimming with empathy and living for the present, he would always have a funny one-liner up his sleeve making everyone around him laugh."

From BBC • May 28, 2024

Brimming with bright allium and capsaicin flavors, the sambal chili shredded roast chicken is served over a mound of rice with green beans, snappy kimchi and fried shallots.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2023

Brimming with warmth and hope, “Everybody Loves Jeanne” is a light-as-air tale about the heaviest of themes: the grown-up struggle to love oneself.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2023

Brimming with new discoveries, and with Goedart’s work in her mind’s eye, she planned a new book.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman