overenthusiastic
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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She said he had failed to take action to "rectify the overenthusiastic impression" given by then-Health Secretary Matt Hancock about the ability of the department to deal with the pandemic.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025
He did Norwegian and Irish accents in respective sketches about overenthusiastic actors in a Nordic film and one modeled after Liam Neeson’s “Taken” films.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2025
He said in an interview that the situation with the Mona Lisa had become reminiscent of the World’s Fair in New York in 1964 when overenthusiastic visitors viewed Michelangelo’s Pietà from a moving walkway.
From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2023
In a recently published book, Shirk argues that Xi’s centralized power and top-down pressure on officials pushes cadres toward overenthusiastic praise and over-compliance with Xi’s objectives, which can lead to policy mistakes.
From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2022
“Indeed, Holmesy, however does one bear the pain of overenthusiastic servants?”
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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