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How to use over the top in a sentence

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Steam puddings with dried fruit or jam for flavouring were boiled in basins with cloths tied over the top.
Inserting the next magazine, I was confounded when the bolt merely slid over the top round.
The current over the top road building programme demonstrates the this is a waster of tax payers' money.
As I came over the top of the hill, I looked around to get my bearing and admire the view of the sleepy town of Lagos.
The traditional, elaborate individual memorialisation of death was seen as unfitting, over the top and irrelevant.
And it's not just Carson's coffee slopping over the top of its container, either.
She is so over the top that her exuberant personality, so attractive at school, is now stifling.
There's already some Sauvignon Blanc in the fridge so a quick slosh of that goes over the top.
I think setting fire to my own clothes during rehearsals may have been a bit over the top.
This occurred when a new building was built directly over the top of the remains of its predecessor.
It will be quite a sight to see narrowboats travelling over the top of the new road.
Then, when the cake is done, just smear this over the top, and bake for another 10 minutes.
Then you sprinkle a generous amount of turbinado sugar over the top, or serve it with a spoonful of jam.
Once over the top the survivors had a clear view of the building in the near distance.
Twisting it around, she pulled the hair band over the top and left it in an untidy bun.
It consists of an entire city that's floating on a platform with a glass dome over the top that makes it look like a giant snow globe.
Place a portion of soba noodles and mushrooms in the bottom of a soup bowl and pour the dashi over the top.
He got his leg over the top, and started to pull himself up as he crawled forward.
Maybe a Brazilian's a bit too over the top for you, but give that bikini line a go and see what you think.
Drain the broad beans, toss in a little extra virgin olive oil, sea salt and pepper and chives, and scatter over the top.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Somebody could lean over the top and snake off your head with a trench knife before you could get your feet loose.
Lucky he was quick on the duck, for the glass just whizzed over the top of his head.
Once over the top of that hill, he runs into the bush on the outskirts of the village.
Tie a double cloth tightly over the top, and place it in a pot of boiling water.
And say, there's nothin' draggy about Vee when she really goes over the top.
At half-past five on Easter Monday morning the word was given and the Canadians went at once over the top.
I may go over the top some fine day and drop in on you like a hand grenade.
Silently, the manikin clasped the nearest table leg, shinnied up and hauled himself over the top.
Brush over with egg, spread some streusel over the top, allow to raise, and bake.
Lead the pack rope over the top of the pack, around the other kyack, and through to form another half hitch.
Then turn the cases right way up and pour over the top a sweet cherry sauce.
A soldier was going over the top when one of his cootie friends bit him on the calf.
The big bowl of porridge had a crisscrossing of powdered cinnamon over the top.
Hanging over the top of the gate like a wet sock, Lord Dawlish watched her go.
The pressure of feeling was too great and candour seethed over the top.
Sew a pompon or a rosette of yarn over the top of the sewing stitch.
Her red fox's head could then be seen over the top, looking round.
These morons throw the children's swings over the top bar and they say it is for fun.
That surprised, him, and he eyed me over the top of his bifocals.
He stuck his nose over the top wire, begging for some tidbit.
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