How to Use overachiever in a Sentence

overachiever

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  • She is an overachiever who plans to attend a top college.
  • The hope is that the overachievers will raise the chances of IVF success.
    — Chelsea Leu, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Same with the brash overachievers who learn to thrive in the cockpit.
    — Matt Gallagher, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2018
  • But in terms of being an overachiever, that was for the birds.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 7 May 2021
  • His main goal: Kill John Wick, rogue overachiever of the body-count biz.
    — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The actress herself relates to the overachiever in the show.
    — Ilana Frost, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2024
  • The Vols are one of this season’s biggest overachievers but do not have the skill to beat Cincy.
    — Joe Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The Titans are overachievers, but give Baltimore the edge in a close one.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • For a little over $100, this small router is an overachiever.
    — Gabrielle Hondorp, Popular Mechanics, 16 Dec. 2020
  • L’Oreal Thompson Payton is a bonafide overachiever with the receipts to prove it.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 25 Aug. 2023
  • This step is not mandatory, but overachievers should feel free to do it.
    — Alison Roman, New York Times, 3 June 2019
  • Benenati said the oldest child, a boy named Irayan, loved video games and was an overachiever at school.
    — Washington Post, 12 June 2018
  • In some ways, that was [natural for me] as an overachiever.
    — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 13 June 2022
  • Clara Pitts is what her mom describes as an overachiever.
    — Raenu Charles, CNN, 17 Nov. 2022
  • One overachiever is the company's CD5 field near the greater Mooses Tooth project.
    — Alex Demarban, Alaska Dispatch News, 27 July 2017
  • With the Bucks, Damian Lillard is no longer an overachiever.
    — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The Bucks already have wins over the Sixers, Raptors and the merry band of scrappy overachievers called the Warriors.
    — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2018
  • Gibson said being an overachiever in the world of performance hearkens back to the way she was raised.
    — Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Or the overachiever who saves her harshest feedback for her female colleagues, while the men in the office get sports talk and fist bumps.
    — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2017
  • Mel Kiper Jr. says the Bulkster is not very flashy, but a real overachiever with a motor that won’t quit, a real steal.
    — Larry Stone, The Seattle Times, 27 Apr. 2017
  • Chalk this up to being an Aquarius or being an overachiever—your guess is as good as mine.
    — Samantha Leal, Glamour, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Who used to be a total overachiever and then graduated and … got kind of strange?
    — Cari Romm, The Cut, 15 June 2018
  • At first meeting, a Virgo Rising might seem like a type-A overachiever.
    — Brittany Beringer, Women's Health, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Ever the overachiever, Torres had a second bill drawn up.
    — Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2023
  • And in telling the stories of boulevards named for world-famous overachievers, Mask is best down on the street, chatting up local heroes like him.
    — Sarah Vowell, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2020
  • Auburn: The Tigers are basically overachievers who could find their level and get picked off.
    — Joe Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2018
  • Still, even for a lifelong overachiever, the dueling demands of a red-hot career and a full course load were taxing.
    — Janine Rubenstein, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The 25th entry in the Pixar feature canon centers on 13-year-old overachiever Mei (voiced by Rosalie Chiang).
    — Lacey Vorrasi-Banis, EW.com, 11 Mar. 2022
  • For a new model positioned just above the base Carrera (for now), the GTS is a serious overachiever.
    — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 9 July 2024
  • Like Chef Point, Always Cooking is a stunning overachiever with a personable chef.
    — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2024

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