overscore
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of overscore
Example Sentences
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Most of the cello’s range, however, is smack in the middle of the orchestra as a whole, and it’s terribly easy for a composer to overscore the music and swamp the soloist.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 16, 2017
An admitted overscore or underscore may be amended without penalty before the cards are dealt for the following round.
From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous
If you write by hand print out proper names as legibly as possible; underscore u and overscore n.
From Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing by Grant Milnor Hyde
When necessary to write in long hand, underscore u and overscore n, and print proper names and unusual words.
From The Style Book of The Detroit News by The Detroit News
Though overedited and overscored, in its depiction of interspecies coexistence it’s a heartfelt, if simpler, companion piece to the feature documentary nominee “All That Breathes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
Auden and Kallman thought that Henze overscored this part of the opera.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2018
“She was overscored, but I’m not sure had she been scored correctly that it would have been any different,” said Kurt Browning, a four-time world champion from Canada.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2014
If there is a possibility at any time of confusing an o with an a, or a u with an n, the u and a should be underscored and the n and o overscored.
From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle) Spencer
He holds up for inspection the blackboard, overscored on both sides with great chalk-marks.
From The Wagnerian Romances by Gertrude Hall Brownell
Krasinski emphasizes poignancy over coherence, with composer Michael Giacchino wildly overscoring the piece in order to convey narrative beats that simply aren’t there.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2024
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