overact

Example Sentences

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Even Leeds’ Thespians on Demand, the famed English acting troupe known far and wide for their loud voices and shameless overacting, could not hold a candle to this family.

From Literature

“Fiddler” can sometimes occasion a flood of overacting.

From Los Angeles Times

“I wanted to direct cartoon characters that gave me performances full of truth, full of emotion, full of sincerity, where they are not overacting,” Berger says.

From Los Angeles Times

Then came the guards yelling, recordings that Burn monitored for overacting.

From Los Angeles Times

They can reveal if the people caught in action are hiding from the camera or posing for it, and if they are speaking naturally or being loud and overacting.

From BBC