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
There was no time to figure out how he had died—by poisoned needle, overstrong paralyzer beam, or whatever.
From Big Pill by Raymond Z. Gallun
"Yes, he certainly is great in that feature, one is obliged to admit it; but—now mind, I'm not really criticising—don't you think he is just a trifle overstrong in technique?"
From The American Claimant by Mark Twain
