overdo

Berg’s Guard might overdo it with the vociferousness with which he announces every entrance at the court, but overdoing it is Ionesco’s mode.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

But it is possible for companies to overdo a good thing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

“One of the best things about music’s potential to decrease dementia risk is that it is fun, can be interactive and you can’t overdo it,” Jaffa said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025

"I mean, I'm not going to overdo it, but I felt sorry for him because he's under pressure. People make mistakes."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2025

“Thanks, Mrs. Sharpe,” Calder said, realizing he probably didn’t have to overdo it on not looking well.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett

The performances are engaging, though Bates overdoes the overbearing nature of her voluble character: opinionated, judgmental and not hesitant to deliver dig after dig at Chrissie.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023

Lomakin occasionally overdoes Lieutenant Kelly’s wide-eyed bungling, but Carpenter preens suitably in Confederate uniform.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2023

“What we’re doing here is trying to take mechanisms that fight where your body overdoes it.”

From Washington Times ● Mar. 6, 2021

It never overdoes the retro affectations, and the lengthy middle section that slowly builds to the appearance of a choir is particularly fantastic.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 22, 2020

The fact is the composer burlesques the old-fashioned scene and air with trills and other vocal pyrotechnics, but overdoes the thing.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James

“We underdid it in the great financial crisis, so we overdid it here,” said Patrick Harker, who was president of the Philadelphia Fed for a decade before stepping down last June.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Here’s what to do if you overdid it.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026

“But I overdid it … seven minutes, don’t do it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2025

Mavididi then rather overdid the celebration, upsetting the locals by sitting on the front wall of the home Tilton Road End, looking smug.

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2023

“Though if that were true I think I overdid it.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

It followed a busy festive period with her husband Ross and four-year-old twins Max and Freddie, and when she developed a headache she initially thought she had just "overdone it".

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Some argue this latest rally might be overdone.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026

“The recent bond yield spike may have been overdone and is now correcting itself slightly. But long rates should remain higher for longer for the foreseeable future.”

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Yesterday’s jump as June expired looked overdone “and we should see some of the gains given back today,” Tradition Energy’s Gary Cunningham says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Even the rain is overdone, I can’t take it seriously.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Some also say Americans — as in the case of previous health fads — run the risk of overdoing it.

From MarketWatch ● May 10, 2026

Soni said the key isn’t overdoing it on pilots, and instead thinking critically about which ones to pursue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

Maybe you think I’m overdoing it, and maybe I am.

From Salon ● May 30, 2024

"I shall be celebrating tonight. I will be overdoing it. I can't believe it. It can't be happening to me," he says.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2024

I suggest maybe that’s why he’s overdoing it.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold