overreact
verb (used without object)
to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
was overreacting
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past progressiveof overreact.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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When I finally called him out, telling him that he was depraved, he said I was overreacting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
The Pentagon said on Friday that China was overreacting and the United States was still open to building crisis communication mechanisms.
From Reuters ● Aug. 6, 2022
Bex had initially worried she was "overreacting", but says that, ironically, one of the new anti-staring posters was placed right above where the man was sitting in the carriage.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2022
But the senior American official said Mr. Pompeo was overreacting, and Iraqi officials said the threat level portrayed in the intelligence was not urgent enough.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2019
But she did not, because he would tell her she was overreacting or tired or both.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
