overprotect
Britishverb
Other Word Forms
- overprotective adjective
Example Sentences
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“Maybe we have very fragile institutions and there is a tendency to overprotect them. Mature societies, after all, can deal with these kinds of criticisms without having to go to courts of law.”
From The Guardian • Feb. 19, 2021
“The people of God need their pastor to be close to them, not to overprotect himself. The people of God need their pastors to be self-sacrificing.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2020
A pattern had also emerged that would carry on throughout Clinton’s public life: Her protectors would overprotect; her attackers would overattack.
From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2016
"I don't want to overprotect him, to keep asking him how he's doing."
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2011
They talked about how many parents overprotect, overindulge, and overschedule their kids—and how they can learn to chill out.
From Slate
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