How to Use to the brim in a Sentence

to the brim

idiom
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The 2,000-square-foot interior is filled to the brim with awesomeness that circles the kitchen to the open space in the living room and upstairs.
    Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Instead of finding a nice red to pair with his hunk of beef, Harbaugh posted a picture of him with a wine glass filled to the brim with milk.
    Jared Ramsey, Detroit Free Press, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The Hudson Theatre certainly isn’t filled to the brim with spectacle.
    Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'to the brim.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: