How to Use overabundance in a Sentence

overabundance

noun
  • May the rest of your week be filled with an overabundance of mashed potatoes.
    — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2022
  • An odd overabundance of Ugg comforters filled some parts of the store.
    — Lauren Debter, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Amid widespread shortages, one thing in overabundance may be planes.
    — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2021
  • In the case of New York, the challenge is overabundance.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • The Bay Area has an overabundance of great choices.
    — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2025
  • As the mice aged, those same genes continued to be expressed in overabundance.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Citrus season is a time of abundance; some might even say overabundance.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • That overabundance of bacteria wreaks havoc on the host deer’s hide.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 29 Feb. 2024
  • That overabundance of oil in all the wrong places is created by the sebaceous glands in your skin.
    — Stephanie Saltzman, Allure, 28 Dec. 2020
  • An overabundance can be quite a horticultural cross to bear this time of year.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The Magic do not have an overabundance of forwards on the roster.
    — Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Oct. 2021
  • After all, many people today suffer not from the lack of gifts, but from an overabundance.
    — Chip Colwell, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2023
  • There was an overabundance and then a complete 180 has now happened.
    — Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Farm income has trended lower for half a decade, as crop prices were squeezed by an overabundance of corn and soybeans.
    — Adam Belz, Star Tribune, 30 Oct. 2020
  • However, even once the red tape has been cut, the fatigue and burnout caused by an overabundance of tools and alerts remain.
    — Yoran Sirkis, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Even those who are open to feedback get worn down from an overabundance of constructive criticism.
    — Nicole Lipkin, Forbes, 19 July 2022
  • Wyoming’s overabundance of elk on private land has long been a topic of discussion among wildlife managers.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 1 Nov. 2023
  • And so, following the wet period, there’s an overabundance of grass.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The overabundance of the sequence, which codes for the protein glutamine down the line, results in a toxic buildup in the cell.
    — Charlotte Hu, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2018
  • From food trucks to tasting menus, our region is blessed with an overabundance of restaurants, with more popping up every day.
    — Chelsea Brasted, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2023
  • No Super Bowl is complete without an overabundance of food and drink.
    — Staff Report, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The survey had some findings about choice paralysis and overabundance.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
  • An overabundance of breast milk can also create a situation where the baby fills up on foremilk.
    — Anita K. Henry, Parents, 29 June 2023
  • An overabundance of breast milk can also create a situation where the baby fills up on foremilk.
    — Anita K. Henry, Parents, 29 June 2023
  • That accurately suggests an overabundance of good choices, which helps explain why the race seemed to go down to the wire.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
  • An overabundance of planets would seem to dilute the term itself, so most space scientists stand firm at either eight or nine.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
  • In a world of overabundance, where obesity is a pressing public health problem, foods with few calories are a good thing.
    — Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Chuck had decided to make use of an overabundance of apples on the family farm by making apple wine.
    — oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Without enough rain, fires could continue to burn through the overabundance of fire fuels like grasses or brush available this year.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
  • In this era of overabundance, only the most original and radical films will survive.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 31 Dec. 2021

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