was overheating
- past progressive of overheat.
Example Sentences
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Netflix shares had 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. 21, 2025
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
She recalls a patient who worked in a garden centre, who was overheating in ways that were worsening her diabetes.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2021
