overlarge
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Many were forced to wear overlarge Russian military uniforms that could make them a target, and a former city administrator trudged around in boots five sizes too big.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
This version of Clifford resembles nothing so much as an overlarge golden retriever puppy dipped in red paint.
From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2020
And, in the evenings, gathered in their satisfying overlarge apartments, they drink wine from goblets with the ritual air of people taking communion.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 19, 2018
I understand Ms. Zeisler’s arguments for resisting an overlarge tent.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2016
His black hair was overlong and his clothes were so mismatched that it looked deliberate: too short jeans, a shabby, overlarge coat that might have belonged to a grown man, an odd smocklike shirt.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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