overload
verb (used with object)
to load to excess; overburden.
is overloading
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present progressiveof overload (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But the biggest mistake many of us make is overloading the dishwasher, she says.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
“We are instrumenting the car in a way that is overloading the driver just like we were overloading the helicopter pilots,” said Strayer, director of the university’s Center for the Prevention of Distracted Driving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2022
Heavy snow is overloading a weak existing snowpack, allowing for “very wide avalanches” that can crash into forests, according to the center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
United and American are concerned the city is overloading the airport with debt at a time when growth in air travel remains stagnant.
From Chicago Tribune ● Jan. 15, 2011
There is, however, another cause of accident which the Louisville paper does not allude to, and that is overloading.
From Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada by Henry A. Murray
