surfeit - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • information: Will " knowledge " or " wisdom " increase along with this surfeit of information?
  • choice: It's not as if we're suffering from surfeit of choice!
  • food: Problems arise because in our modern affluent society there is a surfeit of food.
  • lamprey: Why do they ALWAYS describe it as " a surfeit of lampreys " all posh and Olde English so nobody can understand?
  • idea: The book suffers a little, in its later stages, from a lack of simulations, coupled with a near surfeit of ideas.
  • emotion: A surfeit of emotion could bring out the compassionate in you.

Converse of object

  • have: As a result I have a surfeit of Beech and Sycamore logs.

Adjective modifier

  • vast: In other words, there is a huge shortage of money and a vast surfeit of debt!

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