overfilled in a sentence
Examples
- Multiple pipes also provide for redundancy, in case one pipe becomes overfilled or clogged by a rupture or defect in the piping.
- At this point, the basin enters the "'overfilled "'stage and deposition of terrestrial clastic sediments occurs.
- The old missions were overfilled, in disrepair, and transportation of supplies and children to these remote locations was unreliable and expensive.
- Some of the final lifeboats were overfilled, and passengers noticed the seawater line was near the rim on some of the lifeboats.
- The Blue Book also warned that virtually all Russia's radioactive waste storage facilities are overfilled and fail to comply with modern standards.
- Firefighters were called to deal with a fuel spillage after a car was overfilled with petrol in Deerswood Road, Crawley, West Sussex.
- Human flesh expands to about twice its size in such conditions, giving the visual effect of a body builder rather than an overfilled balloon.
- Named " City of Tacoma ", the first Pacific crossing attempt ended in disaster when overfilled fuel tanks spilled over on takeoff.
- Developed by the National Fire Protection Association, the regulation is designed to reduce the risk of fires caused when gas vapors from overfilled tanks ignite.
- The environment ministry report also warned that virtually all of Russia's radioactive waste storage facilities are overfilled and fail to comply with modern standards.