overheat
verb (used with object)
to heat to excess.
had overheated
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past perfectof overheat.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In Dallas, where the heat index clocked in at 103, workers were out repairing air-conditioners that had overheated and were blowing out hot air instead of cool.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
The NTSB’s preliminary report didn’t formally reach conclusions about the cause of the derailment but shed new light about the wheel bearing malfunction days after the agency indicated it had overheated.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2023
Max Herrick pulled over on the interstate near Harrisonville, Missouri, on a spring night in 2020 to offer antifreeze to a woman whose car had overheated.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2023
Sainz was hampered, he said, because he had overheated his tyres behind Leclerc.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2022
But it was the steam locomotive itself that had overheated the little girl’s imagination.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
