brimmed

past tense of brim

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of brimmed Her reply brimmed with enthusiasm. Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025 The space brimmed with mismatched antique sofas, vintage tennis rackets, and a wall display of men’s collared overcoats and baseball caps. Savannah Hanoum, Vogue, 10 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 See All Example Sentences for brimmed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brimmed
Verb
  • With good reason, as the history of this Louisiana city is filled with lore of witchcraft, voodoo, and even vampires.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Carrasco notes that the bear and woman video was posted by an account filled with Sora videos, which signals to him that the viral animal encounter clip is AI as well.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Simpson has burst onto the scene in his first year as the Alabama starter after taking over for Jalen Milroe.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • About 700,000 years later, the strait burst open again, and a brutal megaflood filled the Mediterranean in a matter of months.
    Big Think, Big Think, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • From the Mercury and Gemini missions to the drama of Apollo 13, the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, and the robotic explorers roaming Mars, NASA's history is packed with daring feats and scientific firsts.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The pros packed a much bigger punch in September.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Doors being locked and customers needing to be buzzed in.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
  • But even as the house buzzed with happiness, Shannel was battling a nagging headache.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Its compact design allows it to be airlifted or sling-loaded, enabling rapid deployment to forward or remote locations.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The picture – emblazoned on a T-shirt – showed Jewish people being loaded onto a ship bound for Madagascar.
    Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Galen Clavio walked into the student mailroom – back when student mailrooms were still a thing – and found an envelope stuffed in his mailbox.
    Dana O'Neil, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • There are a variety of classic daifuku (mochi stuffed with red beans) to choose from, but the real knockouts here are the mochi that are themed around flowers, seasons, and small animals.
    Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Offense has largely hummed when Bo Nix is decisive.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Lost in our mind frequency, which hummed loud now like a drone.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Brimmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brimmed. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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