How to Use overdrive in a Sentence
overdrive
noun
- He put the car into overdrive.
- The reporters went into overdrive to finish their stories on time.
- His acting career is in overdrive.
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In the case of the overdrive, switch it on and forget it.
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David E. Davis Jr.,
Car and Driver,
16 May 2023
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This was enough to start the rumor mill and send it into overdrive.
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Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
15 Feb. 2024
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But with their backs up against the wall once again, the offense clicked into overdrive.
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Andrew Tredinnick,
USA TODAY,
6 May 2022
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But a few weeks ago, the discourse went into overdrive.
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The Politics Of Everything,
The New Republic,
1 Feb. 2023
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Awards season kicks into overdrive on the first weekend of the year with the return of the Golden Globes.
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Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
2 Jan. 2024
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And, when the mother has laid her eggs, these glands go into overdrive.
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Joshua Hawkins,
BGR,
19 May 2022
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The decision not to halt the Texas law sent those fears into overdrive.
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BostonGlobe.com,
7 Oct. 2021
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But the crisis in Ukraine sent bets on the dollar into overdrive.
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Caitlin McCabe,
WSJ,
6 Mar. 2022
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The college football coaching carousel has been in overdrive over the last 48 hours.
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Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com,
al,
30 Nov. 2021
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Now that summer is in full swing, my daily step count is in overdrive.
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Jennifer Chan,
Travel + Leisure,
1 July 2024
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With that, the team went into overdrive shifting their plans by a full 24 hours, with this year’s show moving to Sept. 11.
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Rob Ledonne,
Billboard,
10 Sep. 2024
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Homebuilders in that region got pushed into overdrive over the past two years.
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Lance Lambert,
Fortune,
5 June 2022
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Our first heat wave of the summer is headed into overdrive.
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Ian Livingston,
Washington Post,
22 July 2022
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The fact-checkers no doubt will be sent into overdrive by the litany of lies that Trump delivered.
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Karen Tumulty,
Washington Post,
28 June 2024
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There’s nary a moment when your senses aren’t on overdrive.
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Karen D'souza,
The Mercury News,
13 July 2024
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By turning a blind eye to money, the Fed has allowed the printing presses to run in overdrive.
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Nicholas Hanlon,
WSJ,
23 Feb. 2022
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So prices may rise just as much as pay, sending the wage-price spiral into overdrive.
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Daniel Altman,
Forbes,
11 July 2022
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But that wouldn’t be the game winning goal, as the Current went into overdrive looking for the tying goal.
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Jonathan Saxon,
The Courier-Journal,
19 Mar. 2022
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Now that the first debate is over, the Donald Trump running mate race heads into overdrive.
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David Jackson,
USA TODAY,
28 June 2024
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The hype machine went into overdrive on the 21-year-old Bentley’s behalf.
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Alex Pappademas,
Men's Health,
28 Mar. 2023
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Napier, his staff and players enter Week 3 of camp in overdrive.
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Edgar Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Aug. 2022
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Still, the names that were released sent concert fans into overdrive.
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Darcie Moran,
Detroit Free Press,
7 June 2024
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The Tor site blockage comes near the end of a year in which Russia's online crackdown has gone into overdrive.
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David Meyer,
Fortune,
8 Dec. 2021
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In 2022, the designer dressed the Princess of Wales (then the Duchess of Cambridge) in a forest green dress that sent the internet into overdrive.
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Samantha Conti,
WWD,
5 July 2024
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This will force your abs to kick into overdrive and take pressure off your hips and arms to stabilize your body.
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Michael Easter,
Men's Health,
4 Mar. 2022
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His right hand went into overdrive with a barrage of palm-down, attacking gestures that didn’t stop.
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Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.d.,
Forbes,
11 Sep. 2024
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And a Mike Pence reference is comically smuggled in when Cade’s rebellion goes into murderous overdrive.
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Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Aug. 2024
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