overbalance

Example Sentences

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The New Zealander overbalanced on her opening weight of 120 kilograms, taking the bar behind her shoulders.

From Washington Times

Hubbard overbalanced on her opening weight of 120 kilograms, taking the bar behind her shoulders.

From Seattle Times

And then, in late August, she was using her walker and reaching for the remote when she overbalanced and fell on her left hip.

From Los Angeles Times

But it also illustrates, by overbalancing, the dynamic of the sublime—the affront, the seduction—that Serra usually keeps in splendid tension.

From The New Yorker

She concluded Ms Gobourne-Thomas, who was about two and half times over the legal alcohol limit, "overbalanced while sat on the balcony".

From BBC