Problems arise because in our modern affluent society there is a surfeit of food. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Noise is what they want, and they have a surfeit of it. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 14, July 2, 1870] Reference
Lily began, but soon stopped: the subject led to a surfeit of quarreling. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
However, a surfeit of information clouds the mind and may sometimes depress the spirit. From Wordnik.com. [The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2] Reference
Apres Chremslech I trust you are not suffering from 'Pharoah's Revenge' otherwise known as a surfeit of Matzot. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
A peculiar eruption, termed surfeit, which resembles mange, is sometimes the consequence of exposure to cold after a hot sultry day. From Wordnik.com. [The Dog] Reference
"surfeit", and this point was settled by seeing the water poured in at its nostrils running out at its mouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Slaves] Reference
He has had a surfeit of carts with two wheels, each. From Wordnik.com. [Argentina from a British Point of View] Reference
Yet the surfeit of success left Bradshaw oddly joyless. From Wordnik.com. [Mind Of A Man: Stop Pretending Nothing's Wrong] Reference
Even now I am suffering from surfeit which I cannot dispel. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
N.B. -- In case of surfeit from the above, the editor of the. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 25, 1841] Reference
Like so many films these days, it begins with a surfeit of incident. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Giltz: Toronto Film Fest Day 5: Ozon Saves a Dour Day] Reference
I shall dispel this surfeit of thine and the time for it is even come. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
English King John died at Swinestead Abbey from a surfeit of peaches, and new ale. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
After all, our economic culture specializes in two things: surfeit and counterfeit. From Wordnik.com. [Poetry: What Does It Accomplish?] Reference
It compels abstinence from rich and expensive foods and provides no means for surfeit. From Wordnik.com. [No Animal Food and Nutrition and Diet with Vegetable Recipes] Reference
“You have saved me from a surfeit,” exclaimed I. “Come,” said I to the youngster. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
I fancied I had left them all behind me in the city, where one has such a surfeit of them. From Wordnik.com. [Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends] Reference
KRULWICH: Having an experience like this creates a surfeit of memory - too much to remember. From Wordnik.com. [Why A Brush With Death Triggers The Slow-Mo Effect] Reference
The best antidote for an excessive surfeit of such things is to note them down when they occur. From Wordnik.com. [Real Ghost Stories] Reference
They passed him to quickly fulfill the surfeit of beer that was part of their general yearnings. From Wordnik.com. [Corpus of a Siam Mosquito] Reference
India is the world's largest democracy, and has a surfeit of IT experts, accountants and curries. From Wordnik.com. [Hisham Wyne: Dubai, Discourses and Ideas Worth Spreading] Reference
And all this because adults have filled their heads with those impurities which surfeit their own. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
He felt a loss of appetite from surfeit, and his energy itself decreased and sickness afflicted him. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
It was shown that when the plant had a surfeit of drink, it became excessively lethargic and irresponsive. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches] Reference
My husband ate such a surfeit of sprats last evening that he was coughing and choking the whole night long. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2] Reference
Only of sturgeon we had great store, whereon our men would so greedily surfeit, as it cost many their lives. From Wordnik.com. [The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia] Reference
The extreme healthfulness of her constitution was the only thing that saved this woman from dying of surfeit. From Wordnik.com. [Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope] Reference
The lure of the limelight had been great, but it had worn off just as soon as he had a surfeit of its false glories. From Wordnik.com. [Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope] Reference
Very likely in a few years we shall tire of the Queen Anne houses and furniture, and hard floors, and have a surfeit of. From Wordnik.com. [The Olden Time Series: Vol. 2: The Days of the Spinning-Wheel in New England Gleanings Chiefly from old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts] Reference
With a surfeit of fabulous ideas, it is tempting to try to do too much, and for senior leadership to spread themselves too thin. From Wordnik.com. [Why Apple Beats Microsoft At Change Management] Reference
What should he say of that Friar Minor, the famous preacher of S----, who had been found dead of a surfeit of melons and white wine?. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
You might as well say, if your husband had died of a surfeit, that the labourer who had planted the rice was the cause of his death. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan] Reference
I am sure you must have had a surfeit of the simple life by this time, so come to us and be luxurious and exotic in London for a change. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
I believe it was, for everything went wrong with me that night, instead of my having a surfeit of pleasure, as I had sanguinely expected. From Wordnik.com. [She and I, Volume 1] Reference
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