Example Sentences

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Before, she’d been “hiding behind facades, physically overfed and spiritually undernourished.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

“Conventional breeds were overfed protein, under ventilated and our recommendations for hatching were not followed,” Gies said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 2021

It always left us feeling loved and nourished, if slightly overfed.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2021

My opinion is that I’m a little bit overfed with politics in a theater.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2018

On Sundays, she would invite his relatives for pounded yam and onugbu soup and then watch over to make sure everyone was suitably overfed.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie