overcrowded
- a word derived from crowded.
Example Sentences
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He ended up hiring extra security during the World Cup because the bar was so overcrowded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
The station floors -- packed with people taking their pets, tents, air mattresses, prams and cots -- have become overcrowded.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
"Anyone who is coughing or has a gastrointestinal infection belongs in bed – not in an overcrowded surgery," it said in a statement.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Hochman said the modified mental health diversion law is a “rebalancing” of the scales in California after years of attempts to lower the state’s overcrowded jail populations affected public safety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
We knew that in Warsaw the Jews had already been forcibly relocated into a small area of the city, where they now lived in desperately overcrowded conditions.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
