overcompensate

Example Sentences

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That material alone would seem to be enough for an absorbing drama — one that plays like “Taken,” but without the outlandish violence and overcompensating derring-do.

From Washington Post

And when she wasn’t overcompensating for the long absences of her husband, critic and English professor Stanley Edgar Hyman, she was often on the verge of collapse:

From Los Angeles Times

The movie has a tall task to make dominoes seem action-packed, and it overcompensates by stacking its hand with over-the-top theatrics.

From New York Times

Donald Trump, touting an atavistic “America first” nationalism, also overcompensated for Bush’s overreach, conducting foreign policy by instinct, impulse and a dearth of strategic thought.

From Los Angeles Times

Ethos, a Swiss foundation that represents numerous pension funds, has complained for years that Credit Suisse overcompensated its top executives despite the bank’s poor performance.

From New York Times