overplay

Example Sentences

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We shouldn't overplay the significance of one council by-election.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

The format of moving from one number to the next in TikTok fashion encourages some of the performers to overplay their hands.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025

But it’s easy to overestimate and overstate the extent of their leverage, and it’s a hand they can overplay.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2025

In their loss to Oregon, some of their worst moments came when they played too aggressive, an overplay here, a bad pursuit route there.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2023

Linderman's fever came from overwork, not from overplay.

From The Winds of Chance by Beach, Rex Ellingwood