overthink
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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It holds heat, keeps its nerve, and moves easily from stovetop to oven to broiler and back again without asking you to switch vessels or overthink it.
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026
“I tend to overthink it when I know too much.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026
"Sometimes you can overthink too much about, oh, we're playing against England, we're playing against West Indies."
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
You can overthink things and overinflate the risks, wonder if fears are plausible and reframing them - it lets me disregard thoughts that are unhelpful, like 'what if I fall?'.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026
“You know how when life gets too complicated, it’s easy to overthink everything? Intellectualize too much?”
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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