overbalancing

Example Sentences

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But he is in danger of overbalancing the entire film: this is a rock’n’roll performance from someone who is usually happier with piano sonatas.

From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2021

Levin’s playing was heavy-handed and shapeless, chugging mechanically along and sometimes overbalancing Hahn’s more restrained, often vibratoless violin lines.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2016

The man of lower eminence has some one or more faculties developed out of all proportion to the rest, with the natural result of occasionally overbalancing him.

From Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

"Ta' my boots off," he grunted, trying to reach his feet and overbalancing.

From Captivity by Eyles, M. Leonora

His fine blue eyes were alight with possibilities which came near to overbalancing the calculations of her mature mind.

From The Forfeit by Cullum, Ridgwell