overdoes
- present tense form of overdo (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The performances are engaging, though Bates overdoes the overbearing nature of her voluble character: opinionated, judgmental and not hesitant to deliver dig after dig at Chrissie.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2023
Lomakin occasionally overdoes Lieutenant Kelly’s wide-eyed bungling, but Carpenter preens suitably in Confederate uniform.
From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2023
“What we’re doing here is trying to take mechanisms that fight where your body overdoes it.”
From Washington Times • Mar. 6, 2021
Arbery overdoes the symbolism – as with a noisily explosive generator that echoes the breaking string in Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard.
From The Guardian • Oct. 29, 2019
Where he overdoes his emphasis or refinement, can only be decided by differing tastes.
From George Borrow The Man and His Books by Thomas, Edward
