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

A similar unbalancing influence emanates from overstrong contrasts of poverty and comfort.

From Psychotherapy by Münsterberg, Hugo

Occasionally the chemicals used in the bleaching process are made overstrong to hasten whitening, with the result that the fibers rot after a while and little cut-like cracks appear in the fabric.

From The Complete Home by Laughlin, Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth)