overreact
verb (used without object)
to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
were 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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Critics suggested they were overreacting, predicting the result would be fewer people getting vaccinated and more dying of covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2021
Catherine Linaweaver, who retired in 2014 after 16 months as the MCC’s warden, said some people were overreacting to Epstein’s suicide because he was well known.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 12, 2019
Had you not sent me a photo of one of the postcards, I might have thought you were overreacting, but you are … not.
From Slate ● Jul. 26, 2019
Cyrene Quiamco, a popular Snapchat influencer who goes by CyreneQ, said she thought people were overreacting and argued that Snapchat has built a unique community that other apps can’t replace.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2018
Jason Elsdon, a Marine in his early 40s, who said he was a member of Marines United and said he played no role in posting, organizing or disseminating the photographs, argued that people were overreacting.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2017
