overactive
Example Sentences
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Koy, the son of a white father and Filipina mother, saw comedy as a way to channel an overactive personality and need to make people laugh into a career.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026
By supplying stable oxygen while calming this overactive response, the gel helps restore healthier conditions for tissue repair.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 22, 2026
"I'm a fierce perfectionist and there is an overactive, hugely self-critical voice in my head - my whole life is an exercise in trying to shake that," he says.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025
The company launched a new product for overactive bladder called Altaviva.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
"And why were you wasting precious time listening to an overaged delivery boy with an overactive imagination when you should have been studying."
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
