overheat
verb (used with object)
to heat to excess.
was overheating
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past progressiveof overheat.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Netflix shares have fallen around 8.5% since hitting an all-time high at the end of June, after investors started worrying that the company’s stock was overheating, but were still up nearly 40% in 2025.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2025
The issue with Sergio Perez's car was overheating brakes.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2024
Before the derailment, the crew received a critical alarm from a trackside detector that a wheel bearing was overheating.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
I remember her driving me to high school in the dead of a Vermont winter with all the windows down while complaining she was overheating.
From Salon ● May 21, 2023
It’s the most aggressive rate increase the U.S. central bank has made since 2000, when the dot-com boom was overheating markets and the economy.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2022
