Example Sentences

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In the same realm as overworking the cookie dough, Greenspan says that home bakers tend to overbeat the butter and sugar.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2021

Continue beating until the whites form stiff peaks, but be careful not to overbeat.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2014

Once, in the picture's first episode, the overbeat stops.

From Time Magazine Archive

The overbeat is a woman's heart in childbirth, strained to capacity by labor.

From Time Magazine Archive

She listened for Siegmund's soul, but his heart overbeat all other sound, thudding powerfully.

From The Trespasser by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)