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
The disease develops when repeated or long-term liver damage -- caused by viral hepatitis, excessive alcohol use, metabolic disorders, toxins, or autoimmune disease -- triggers an overactive healing response.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 6, 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
Researchers are probing the pill’s efficacy in patients with Type 2 inflammatory diseases, which are triggered by an overactive immune response.
From Barron's ● Dec. 8, 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
