overprotective

Example Sentences

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For many years American Jewish writing seemed to be all about sons—sons launched from Chicago, Brooklyn and the Bronx, sons of overprotective mothers, comics punning on “the son also rises.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

He’s positively delightful here, whether being overprotective of Deschanel or suffering her ministrations, dancing around Curtis, or fencing with Jake Johnson’s Nick.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

That can make people vulnerable, and it can also make well-intentioned children overprotective.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 1, 2025

Joel is overprotective to the extent of control.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2023

“She has the overprotective, suffocating-mother skill down to a science.”

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed