overbalance

Example Sentences

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This book is important and in certain ways I admired Barnett’s decision to overbalance her and her clients’ struggles with joy.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2020

If the managers of the individual ETFs overbalance a certain asset, that concentration risk can be compounded, Magoon says.

From US News • Sep. 30, 2016

In general, your body wants to be more in control than it is; it is always on point, eager to run a rescue mission, to overbalance, overcompensate, throw out a flailing arm.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2013

Richard Eyre's immaculate production never allows Atkinson to overbalance the play.

From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 2013

About halfway I started to overbalance and swung my legs backward to keep from tipping over.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge