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  • verb Present participle of overstuff.

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Examples

  • The most recent example of that kind of overstuffing is Nancy Meyers 'It's Complicated, a potentially hilarious bedroom farce that gets dragged out to two hours with a side order of encounter group and self-esteem therapy.

    Marshall Fine: Shorter and funnier - please! 2010

  • I was monitoring three (3x) polling places on e-day, and witnessed the mail-in ballot bag 'overstuffing' in-progress on the Eastside.

    Sound Politics: "Ballot-bag problems may slow counting of 8th District votes" 2006

  • To save money, consumers more often are overstuffing their trash and reusing bags like those from the grocery store to save money, trash bag makers say.

    Gee, Your Trash Smells Terrific Sarah Nassauer 2011

  • The practice of overstuffing first sentences relates to the traditional newspaper practice of cutting stories from the bottom if they are too long.

    2009 February 24 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2009

  • With overstuffing, the cushions become like bullets.

    The Best in Squooshy Sofas Rita Konig 2012

  • To save money, consumers more often are overstuffing their trash and reusing bags like those from the grocery store to save money, trash bag makers say.

    Gee, Your Trash Smells Terrific Sarah Nassauer 2011

  • Whenever he turned his back, even for a minute, they made the kind of trouble that is familiar to parents of teenagers: overstuffing themselves on manna; worshipping a glittering false idol; throwing a bacchanal.

    The Blessing of a B Minus Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2010

  • Then we can all go back to awaiting the joy of overstuffing ourselves on Thanksgiving Day.

    Carine Fabius: Seasons' *!#@! Greetings 2008

  • Usually the seams just bust am I guilty of overstuffing?

    Archive 2008-07-01 WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008

  • Usually the seams just bust am I guilty of overstuffing?

    REI rocks WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008

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