overflow
verb (used without object)
to flow or run over, as rivers or water.
have overflown
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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.
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present perfectof overfly.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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The victims died on Sunday and Monday in Minas Gerais state, where rivers have overflown, leaving towns partially submerged.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2022
No; he will draw a chair for Franconia, and seat her near the head of the cot, for the fountains of her grief have overflown.
From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams
A misfortune, Sire, which has my heart afflicted At the moment when all joy Should have overflown and filled it.
From Life Is a Dream by Denis Florence MacCarthy
I have overflown myself, perhaps, but I can't believe it.
From Reprinted Pieces by Charles Dickens
It is so; and no doubt but our feathered favourites have overflown us.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Robert Dodsley
