Explore Overcrowded through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Overcrowded meaning
simple past and past participle of overcrowd
Using Overcrowded
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of overcrowd
- In the example corpus, overcrowded often appears in combinations such as: in overcrowded, overcrowded and, the overcrowded.
Context around Overcrowded
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 5 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Overcrowded
- In this selection, "overcrowded" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, kept, too, considered, property, street and classrooms stand out and add context to how "overcrowded" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an already overcrowded fishing boat and are grossly overcrowded. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "overcrowded" sits close to words such as agitation, alec and bluff, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with overcrowded
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Far too overcrowded for the very narrow streets in York. (10 words)
Roughly nine per cent of buses were considered overcrowded in September 2019, according to the report. (16 words)
Between overcrowded classrooms, lack of support from the administration, and increasingly poor student behavior, teachers are quitting in droves. (19 words)
If it is the former, then the market is likely to meet the demand for a new holiday home more quickly than it meets the need of a low-income family to move out of an overcrowded, overpriced and damp apartment. (41 words)
Inmates were kept in the cells at the Category B prison for nearly a day at a time with a damning report from last year finding that HMP Wandsworth, in London, was overcrowded with "very poor" living conditions. (38 words)
Lawmakers, state leaders, and behavioral health treatment providers have said the crisis call center and mobile crisis teams are an important alternative for people who can safely stay home, out of over-overcrowded emergency rooms, with timely treatment. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
If decks are overcrowded, it’s important that partygoers are instructed by the residents there or the host of the party to ensure that those decks are not overcrowded.
A Queenstown migrant worker says she is being charged $250 a week to live with more than 25 other people in a poorly kept, overcrowded property.
As I mentioned in my previous article, the parks were overcrowded, and management has been aiming to address that issue.
A total of 30 neighbours objected to the plan - including one resident who said that parking and congestion were already so bad that bin lorries struggled to weave through the overcrowded street.
Barry Cleary said the overcrowded ED was similar to a busy “cattle mart” due to the high numbers patients languishing on trolleys.
Between overcrowded classrooms, lack of support from the administration, and increasingly poor student behavior, teachers are quitting in droves.
But the hospital said the morgue was overcrowded because of family members not collecting bodies in "a timely manner".
Far too overcrowded for the very narrow streets in York.
Flats and smaller or overcrowded houses, especially those in cities, are most vulnerable to overheating – defined as exceeding 26C for more than 3% of occupied hours, the Resolution Foundation said.
If it is the former, then the market is likely to meet the demand for a new holiday home more quickly than it meets the need of a low-income family to move out of an overcrowded, overpriced and damp apartment.
Inmates were kept in the cells at the Category B prison for nearly a day at a time with a damning report from last year finding that HMP Wandsworth, in London, was overcrowded with "very poor" living conditions.
Jabareen said that some of the prisoners appeared to be bound while incarcerated, underfed, and held in overcrowded conditions.
Kemnay Academy, in Aberdeenshire, was named Scotland’s most overcrowded school after official figures revealed it was running on a 131% capacity.
Lawmakers, state leaders, and behavioral health treatment providers have said the crisis call center and mobile crisis teams are an important alternative for people who can safely stay home, out of over-overcrowded emergency rooms, with timely treatment.
Migrants who hesitated to board an already overcrowded fishing boat were herded on board at the point of a sword, presumably because the human smugglers wanted to maximize their profits.
Most of the inspectors concerns were in regard to the overcrowded A&E, but inspectors observed respectful and caring interactions between staff and patients in the majority of ward areas.
Roughly nine per cent of buses were considered overcrowded in September 2019, according to the report.
Save the Children warned in December that around 7,000 children of suspected foreign jihadists were “trapped in desperate conditions and put at risk on a daily basis” in overcrowded detention camps in northeast Syria.
Seth said there doesn't appear to be a common cause for the number of fires across the municipality and he is worried that overcrowded housing could be one source.
The complaint says that even the limited number of cells designated for protection of suicidal inmates are grossly overcrowded.
Common combinations with overcrowded
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in overcrowded 24×
- overcrowded and 17×
- the overcrowded 17×
- an overcrowded 17×
- are overcrowded 14×
- and overcrowded 10×
- already overcrowded 9×
- overcrowded with 8×
- was overcrowded 7×
- overcrowded housing 7×