Brimming
['brɪmɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brim
(a.) Full to the brim; overflowing.
Checker: Victoria
Examples
- His tutor placed him in a chair; his lips were quivering, his eyes brimming. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He met Gerty Farish's brimming gaze. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He observed that her eyes were brimming with tears. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Their waste-paper baskets 'd be fairly brimming, and papers falling over on the floor. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Brimming delight now invested me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The wine and water was hollands and water, as Mr. Sykes discovered when he had compounded and swallowed a brimming tumbler thereof. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Brimming with the subtilized misery that he was capable of feeling, he followed the opposite way towards the inn. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- They stand clothed in white, girdled with golden girdles; they uplift vials, brimming with the wrath of God. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Checker: Victoria