overstock - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • sheep: Overstocking of sheep also prevents water soaking into the ground.

Object

  • sale: Welcome to the Cycle Heaven online market stall - check here regularly for bikes on offer, clearance items and overstock sales.
  • market: Those volumes of Mr. Elliott, which contained no political seasoning, " were carried to a market overstocked with poetry.
  • udder: According to FAWC: " It is common practice to send dairy cattle to market or to agricultural shows with overstocked udders.
  • item: Thus they prevent buying unnecessary stock, avoid storage costs for overstocked items, and use items before they become out of date.
  • problem: With no overstocking problems, it has remained aloof from the recent vicious price war.
  • area: He pointed out that pigs were territorial animals with social hierarchies and could become aggressive when confined in overstocked areas.

Preposition: with

  • fish: It can also indicate whether or not the aquarium is overstocked with fish.

Modifying Another Word

  • not: The world is God's great common, and he doth not overstock his own common.
  • n't: Do n't overstock your fridge - it makes it work inefficiently.
  • often: Overstocking often leads to soil degradation and the clearing of rainforests brings about desertification.
  • much: Among them was a white cow very much overstocked with milk.

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