overenthusiastic
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Maintaining as much mystery as possible has become essential to keeping overenthusiastic tourists away from Methuselah and trees like it.
From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2022
He likened Mr. Milton to an overenthusiastic parent who brags about his child.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022
In a statement, Green candidate Joan Grech apologised to her rival and the people of Storrington for what she said was "unacceptable behaviour" on the part of an "overenthusiastic volunteer".
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2022
The idea, however, “was an overzealous, overenthusiastic response to a brilliant discovery,” Sutherland says.
From Scientific American • Jun. 22, 2020
Janine had been overenthusiastic, which sometimes has the force of a denial.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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