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noun

surfeit

the state of being more than full

In a sentence

Six example sentences with surfeit, each labelled with its topic.

  • After three days of holiday leftovers the family reached a surfeit that no amount of gravy could disguise.

    Cooking

  • Critics complained of a surfeit of sequels, arguing that audiences had been fed the same story four summers running.

    Movies

  • By the fourth cathedral tour a surfeit of gilded ceilings had set in, and nobody looked up anymore.

    Travel

  • A surfeit of grain after the record harvest pushed prices so low that farmers stored it rather than sell.

    Economics

  • The album suffers from a surfeit of strings, with every quiet verse buried under a full orchestra.

    Music

  • A surfeit of meetings left the team with no hours to do the work the meetings were about.

    Business

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