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brims

  • plural of brim.
  • present tense form of brim (3rd person singular).

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Another reviewer says the film brims with "more rage than it knows what to do with".

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Mr. Elliott’s narrative brims with enthusiasm for its subject.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

These vignettes are where Gyllenhaal’s directorial eye shines the brightest, and where “The Bride!” brims with promise — just before the first of the film’s several unexplained narrative shifts.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

The resulting sequence brims with delightful wonder and manifests her spunky, self-assured personality.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

They beat the brims of their hats against their legs before putting diem on and trudged down the road like old promises nobody wanted kept.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison