How to Use to the brim in a Sentence

to the brim

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  • The restaurant—housed in a glass greenhouse of sorts—is packed to the brim.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Last night, Baum Walker Hall was filled to the brim and full of smiling faces.
    — Monica Hooper, arkansasonline.com, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Now imagine 639 arenas just like this filled to the brim.
    — Sara Chernikoff, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024
  • The mind is filled to the brim with our own pain, and no space is left to even acknowledge the pain of others.
    — TIME, 16 Oct. 2023
  • To that end, the team has filled World Tour to the brim with Easter eggs and references to the series.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 June 2023
  • The best part of all is that the bag manages to keep its crescent shape on the outside, even if the inside is packed to the brim.
    — Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2023
  • The edamame dumplings were simple, steamed dumplings, filled to the brim with buttery, nutty, al dente edamame.
    — Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • About 90% of Wisconsin’s milk is made into cheese, and most of the plants are already filled to the brim.
    — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 11 July 2023
  • Use these for flowers, bread, or filled to the brim with Easter candy.
    — Town & Country, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Her comments were filled to the brim with heart eyes emojis aplenty.
    — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Her comments were filled to the brim with heart eyes emojis aplenty.
    — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 19 Apr. 2023
  • On the other hand, the show is a blockbuster, full to the brim with the kinds of people who go to big name museum shows.
    — Sarah Schulman, The New York Review of Books, 8 Sep. 2024
  • The unusual season means that, by the end of this month, reservoirs up and down the Golden State may sit filled to the brim.
    — Scott Dance, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2023
  • Zip top bags work best for this, but any container filled to the brim will also work.
    — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The museum is filled to the brim with bracelets, swords, and other valuables that have been retrieved from the bogs.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Shiny lowriders fill the lobby while high-end sports cars of the past and prototypes of the future fill its four floors to the brim.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
  • As both a student and instructor of yoga, the trunk of my car is packed to the brim with yoga mats.
    — Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 24 Dec. 2022
  • This section is just filled to the brim with nonsense and convenient twists.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The Wilkinson Hall crowd, which was filled to the brim, erupted as the officials signaled three points.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The basement of his home, just south of East Leach Park along the river, was filled to the brim with almost 9 feet of floodwaters.
    — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
  • It is also filled to the brim with restaurants serving the freshest sushi and sashimi.
    — John Clifford, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2024
  • Simply put, it's filled to the brim with top-tier Australian movies and television.
    — Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 24 June 2024
  • It was packed to the brim with people joined together over great food, and even better vibes.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 14 June 2024
  • Before the flood, this valley had been filled to the brim with 13 billion gallons of water.
    — Anna Canny, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • There’s a Texas pride and independent spirit that can almost be felt from the tips of your boots to the brim of your hat.
    — Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Like the bars, it's stuffed to the brim with a beautifully textured, crunchy, sweet filling.
    — Annalise Frank, Axios, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Meanwhile, the adults all received gift cards while kids received goodie bags that will filled to the brim with IKEA merch.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 26 June 2023
  • Even when packed to the brim with drinks, food, and ice, this cooler backpack was easy to lift and comfortable to carry.
    — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2023
  • My elderly mom recently passed away and left my siblings and me a house filled to the brim with things to clean up.
    — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The second encore was filled to the brim with the band’s greatest hits, which seemed to allow Smith to really let loose on stage.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 24 May 2023

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