overdoing
Example Sentences
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Some also say Americans — as in the case of previous health fads — run the risk of overdoing it.
From MarketWatch • May 10, 2026
There are still plenty of American things Scots wouldn’t be caught dead doing, Johnston said, including overdoing the Cotswolds fashion, calling daytime parties “darties” and celebrating St. Patrick’s Day harder than the Irish do.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
A minor criticism was an overdoing of a bouncer plan to Santner and Henry, still that led to Brook's moment of magic.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2024
Whatever the heck he was taking — and I don't know if he was overdoing it necessarily, but I just think it makes a more complete story.
From Salon • Jul. 13, 2024
I am worried that we may be overdoing it, taxing its meaning, to conceal an unmentionable reality that we’ve somehow agreed not to talk about in public.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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