overdrawn

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

When the funds arrived, Puech’s account at Gonet had been overdrawn for months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025

There was no whimsy to this lifestyle, just overdrawn accounts and the creeping realization that I might live this way forever.

From Slate • May 18, 2024

It wasn’t until recent days that officials publicly acknowledged they weren’t just out of replenishment funds, but $10 billion overdrawn.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2024

After decades of unrestricted pumping in the rain-starved northwestern corner of the Mojave Desert, the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Basin Authority has the distinction of managing one of the most critically overdrawn aquifers in California.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2023

It was a very short swim, but she had overdrawn her strength for days past.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare