overflow
verb (used without object)
to flow or run over, as rivers or water.
have overflowed
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present perfectof overflow.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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As shelters have overflowed, people have been forced to sleep on the streets outside, even as winter rains have pelted the coastal enclave in recent days.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
As they have overflowed, people have been forced to sleep on the streets outside, with little shelter from winter rains that have hit the region in recent days.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
Rivers, large and small, have overflowed their banks.
From NewsForKids.net ● Aug. 29, 2022
Quarantine facilities and hospitals have overflowed with people who tested positive, who must be confined in such facilities even if asymptomatic.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
Enterprising and intelligent, the people of this province have overflowed into the islands of the Pacific from Singapore to Honolulu.
From The Awakening of China by W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons) Martin
