Example Sentences

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He had overstocked the market, with a big surplus left on his hands.

From The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]

But just as likely as not the disorder merely indicated the slovenly indifference of plunderers to the fruits of a pillage that had overstocked them.

From The Frozen Pirate by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)