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to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained
he brimmed the glass with milk, and now I'm sure to spill it
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Recent Examples of brimmed
Instead, his monologue brimmed with humanity.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2025
Her reply brimmed with enthusiasm.
—Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025
The God of Small Things brimmed with inventive language, eccentric characters, and the lush landscape of her native Kerala.
—Anderson Tepper, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
While there’s a palpable anticipation for the new creative directions, the week brimmed with optimism and a sense of wonder for the future.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 2 Oct. 2024
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2025
Her reply brimmed with enthusiasm.
—Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025
The God of Small Things brimmed with inventive language, eccentric characters, and the lush landscape of her native Kerala.
—Anderson Tepper, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
While there’s a palpable anticipation for the new creative directions, the week brimmed with optimism and a sense of wonder for the future.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brimmed
Verb
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Is your play area bursting at the seams?—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
11 Jan. 2026
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Hill burst upon the local high school scene as a sophomore, earning Central Texas newcomer of the year honors in 2023 after rushing for 1,428 yards and 20 touchdowns.—
Rick Cantu,
Austin American Statesman,
10 Jan. 2026
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After a brief interlude outside for community members to reconnect, the pews filled up again.—
Camelia Heins,
Daily News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Giving love to local venues For McLaughlin and Arthurs, the goal was always to bring the film to venues around the Carolinas as a way to promote those spaces, like The Milestone, that were filled with local music history.—
Zach Dennis,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Jan. 2026
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Not only do the four statues bode well for the film’s future, but the room buzzed with good will for Anderson, who didn’t try to hide his glee.—
Alli Rosenbloom,
CNN Money,
11 Jan. 2026
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Visitors must be buzzed in by staff in order to enter past the front office.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Jan. 2026
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Kuhl Eclipser Hoody Perfect as a hooded base layer on a cooler winter morning or as a UV-protection layer during a hot summer day, Kuhl’s Eclipser Hoody is packed with technology, versatility, and comfort.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Jan. 2026
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Black jeans are one of the easiest staples to have in your closet, and Amazon is packed with similar styles inspired by these celebs.—
Nicol Natale,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Even pre-Covid, his pockets bulged with hand sanitizer.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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My vitamin cabinet bulged with supplements.—
Nisha Sharma,
Parents,
9 Dec. 2025
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Load Plastics on Top KitchenAid reminds us that plastic containers should be loaded on the top rack, especially if your dishwasher has a heating element (and most do).—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
13 Jan. 2026
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Once the items are picked and packed in a small cardboard basket, they are loaded onto a drone inside a fenced area in the Walmart parking lot.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Jan. 2026
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The broad stock market hummed along in 2025, with the S&P 500 posting a 16% return — the index’s third consecutive year of double-digit gains.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
7 Jan. 2026
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By Monday, with Paramount’s David Ellison tilting at windmills to try to stop Ted Sarandos’ Netflixian invasion, the studio executive hummed a different tune.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Dec. 2025
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It’s stuffed with a cushy combination of down feathers and polyfiber fill, then wrapped up in lush velvet upholstery.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
8 Jan. 2026
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Even the hospitality of sending food home with them was taken away from me, as their refrigerator and freezer was stuffed from their prior parties.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Brimmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brimmed. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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