Examples of overly in a Sentence
These directions are overly complex.
She's overly sensitive to criticism.
They didn't seem overly concerned about the problem.
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Avoid Restrictive Diets Being overly restrictive with your food choices might cause you to overeat.
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 7 Apr. 2025
Transforming awkward spaces into conversation vignettes brings definition to overly generous circulation areas, says Becky Walter, design manager at Sineath Construction.
—Kathryn Streeter, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Recalled sausage should be returned to the store for a full refund or thrown in the trash too deep for overly curious pets to get into it.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
But before this past week, the idea of flying up the standings much further seemed overly ambitious.
—Anthony Slater, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 7 Apr. 2025
Transforming awkward spaces into conversation vignettes brings definition to overly generous circulation areas, says Becky Walter, design manager at Sineath Construction.
—Kathryn Streeter, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Recalled sausage should be returned to the store for a full refund or thrown in the trash too deep for overly curious pets to get into it.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
But before this past week, the idea of flying up the standings much further seemed overly ambitious.
—Anthony Slater, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for overly
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“Overly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overly. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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