strong
adjective
having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust.
overstrong
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a word derived from
strong.
Example Sentences
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It arrows onto the forehead of Morrison, but his header back across goal is overstrong and goes out of play.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2018
“I’ve been maybe a little overstrong in saying that potassium iodide doesn’t have a role to play,” he said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2011
In that other long-ago place, America, I was a failed combination of too-weak body and overstrong will.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
“For why?” he continued; “the winder is low, an’ the catches ain’t overstrong, an there’s no bells on the shutters, an’ it lies handy to the wall o’ the back lane.”
From Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
He was not overstrong, being in his seventy-third year.
From Children of the Market Place by Edgar Lee Masters
