overdoing

Example Sentences

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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

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

From MarketWatch • May 10, 2026

True believers have a way of rhetorically overdoing it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

"I don't think he should do sackcloth and ashes, I think that's overdoing it," she told a Sky News podcast.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

My mother made the decision to intervene— and decided that overdoing it was better than doing nothing at all.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore