over acted

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  • Gary was Amneris in it and ranked next to the Amneris for whom Verdi wrote it, although she rather over-acted the part.

    Memoirs of an American Prima Donna | Clara Louise Kellogg
  • "You'll have to get some one else to go with you, I'm afraid," she said with good-humoured resignation, a trifle over-acted.

    The Great God Success | John Graham (David Graham Phillips)
  • This again, was a form of pleasantry which he repeated month after month; but to-day he slightly over-acted it.

    Major Vigoureux | A. T. Quiller-Couch
  • Peggy Baker assumed an air of languor and sensibility, which, though extremely fine, was perhaps over-acted.

    The Chaplain of the Fleet | Walter Besant and James Rice
  • Her maid had over-acted her instructions, and had not only turned the lights low, but had turned them out entirely.

    The Lost Lady of Lone | E.D.E.N. Southworth

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