overshoot
verb (used with object)
was overshooting
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past progressiveof overshoot.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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And this week, analysts at the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Wharton Budget Model concluded that she was overshooting by about $1 trillion.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2019
He described thinking that he was overshooting a shot that fell short in the first half.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2015
He added that although the rupee was overshooting on the foreign exchanges India was not contemplating any capital controls.
From Reuters ● Aug. 30, 2013
All I could picture in my head as I rode was overshooting a corner and submerging Hitoshi's new bike in a moto moat!
From Time Magazine Archive
She was overshooting the building Flailing in the grasp of the jacket, flying helplessly upward and then down again, she passed the roofs edge.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
