Overflowing With: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than turning one attested complement into a universal prohibition.
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Quick answer
Use “overflowing with” when a container, place, or figurative state is so full of something that the abundance is emphasized.
Key details
Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyadjective or complement construction
Termsoverflowing with
Further guidance
Construction
Use “overflowing with” when a container, place, or figurative state is so full of something that the abundance is emphasized.
Style Boundary
The construction can be literal or figurative. This page does not treat every use of “overflow” as requiring “with,” because the verb has other documented patterns.
Sources and evidence
Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.
overflow — Cambridge Dictionary↗ (opens in a new tab)Cambridge University Press · Cambridge dictionary entry directly documenting overflow/overflowing with something for containers, places, and figurative feelings.
Ablaze With: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than turning one attested complement into a universal prohibition.
Abound In or With: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than turning one attested complement into a universal prohibition.
Absorbed In: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than turning one attested complement into a universal prohibition.
Acceptable To: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than turning one attested complement into a universal prohibition.
Accessible To: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than turning one attested complement into a universal prohibition.
Acclaimed For: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than turning one attested complement into a universal prohibition.
