How to Use excessive in a Sentence

excessive

adjective
  • High fever, nausea, and excessive sweating are some of the symptoms.
  • One of the lines had to be shut down in March of that year due to excessive moisture.
    — Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Dec. 2023
  • And this isn’t Perez’s first use of excessive force, the lawsuit claims.
    — Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The fish first needs to be dry-cured with what may seem like an excessive amount of salt and sugar.
    — Lucas Sin, Bon Appétit, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Foster thought the excessive travel of the baseball beat would put too much of a strain on his wife and son, Mark, who was 7 at the time.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2023
  • The goal is to eliminate excessive fouling and free throw shooting late in a game as teams try to get back in the game.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 12 May 2023
  • Police said excessive speed and impairment seem to have played a role in the crash.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 3 Dec. 2022
  • In order to avoid excessive browning, add a shield of aluminum foil to the top for the last 25 minutes of baking.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Police said an officer was dispatched to the scene and didn’t hear any excessive noise in the area.
    — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2022
  • This is the third and final team to be assessed an excessive grounder-pulling penalty.
    — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Much of the region spent the week under excessive heat warnings.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The filings came in Nunez v. the City of New York, a class action lawsuit on violence and staff use of excessive force in the jails filed in 2011.
    — Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Griner’s attorneys have said that the penalty is excessive and that Griner had been prescribed cannabis to treat pain.
    — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Their excessive net worth was handed down to them by Daddy.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2023
  • Just watch her answer an excessive amount of questions for Glamour to see why: Our bad!
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 22 July 2022
  • The past few years have shown that excessive heat is a nationwide — and global — issue.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The city had argued that evidence in the lawsuit was wrongly kept from the jury and the verdict was excessive.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2022
  • The excessive heat is also fueling the risk of fast-moving fires.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Lawyers for Moses pointed to the department's training tactics as a root cause of the department's excessive use of force in the field.
    — James Powel, USA TODAY, 31 July 2024
  • That means observing the dress code of no bare shoulders, excessive cleavage, or shorts or skirts above the knees, and no hats inside.
    — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The cats, now safe in Kyiv, still show signs of severe stress — including excessive pacing.
    — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Some critics have said there is excessive attention on this type of theft.
    — Carly Olson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The al-Haq spokesperson said that many of those slain in Israeli raids this year appeared to be bystanders, or were victims of excessive force.
    — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2022
  • All of the Southern states at the low end of excessive drinking rates also have the lowest median incomes in the nation.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 1 June 2023
  • Because of the threat, parts of California face a rare high risk for excessive rainfall.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The chief reason was low pay, followed by a lack of resources to meet student needs and a what is often an excessive workload.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 July 2023
  • Try to avoid escapism in April; this may show up in the form of video games, excessive TV watching, overworking, or doomscrolling on your phone.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The only downside is that the platform scuffed a little after excessive wear, but not enough to notice from far away.
    — Cai Cramer, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Navigating rainy roads: Safety tips for wet weather Heavy rainfall may lead to flooding if prolonged or if there is excessive runoff.
    — Southern California Weather Report, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Hurlburt said excessive rainfall in 2023 resulted in an excessive number of closures along parts of the shoreline.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2025

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