Example Sentences

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Workers who lacked a sense of autonomy at work were overreactive or withdrawn parents, and their children lacked social skills and had more behavior problems.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2023

We wanted to understand exactly how an overreactive immune response can result in detrimental and even lethal effects like sepsis.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2023

So when that encounter occurs, they may be overreactive and hypervigilant, and it may appear that they’re not complying with police commands when, really, they’re just very scared.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2021

“Maybe there was just a lot of stuff in the pipeline, because these movies do take a while to make. Or maybe we were just overreactive at that point,” he said with a laugh.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2017

I do one of those crazy adrenaline overreactive catch things and secure the box, but not without almost tossing myself out of the tree in the process.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King