How to Use overexpose in a Sentence

overexpose

verb
Definition of overexposenext
Synonyms for overexposenext
  • It is harmful to overexpose your skin to the sun's rays.
  • He has been overexposed by the media.
  • The best way to kill the magic of the show is to overexpose it.
    — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2017
  • If none of this enables you to sleep at night, you may be overexposed to stocks.
    — Jason Zweig, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2018
  • The first sign of its occurrence was a blinding light that caused the camera to overexpose the scene.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 7 July 2022
  • William and Kate won't want to overexpose their children.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 May 2018
  • His shirt cuffs are overexposed from the blazer sleeve, and the point collar is too floppy.
    — Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The shot shows Neptune (overexposed in the middle) as well as its frozen moon Triton.
    — Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
  • UConn probably won’t need to overexpose its team to buy games.
    — Ralph D. Russo, courant.com, 26 June 2019
  • UConn probably won't need to overexpose its team to buy games.
    — Ralph D. Russo, baltimoresun.com, 25 June 2019
  • Equal weight indexes own the same amount of all stocks and so are not overexposed to market highfliers.
    — Norm Alster, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2018
  • The Astros still have the bullpen advantage, with their big arms not yet being overexposed.
    — Skip Snow, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 27 Oct. 2019
  • But there had been no time to perfect X-ray safety practices for the field, so many X-ray workers were overexposed.
    — Timothy J. Jorgensen, Smithsonian, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The burst of light hitting the rough mountainside and snowy peak is nice without being overexposed.
    — Katie G. Cotterill, The Seattle Times, 2 Aug. 2017
  • Stafford has taken a whopping 12 sacks the last two weeks, and the Lions don't want to overexpose him to opposing pass rushers.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2017
  • The water combined with the sun can cause the camera, especially on an iPhone, to overexpose.
    — Cara Owsley, Cincinnati.com, 25 Feb. 2018
  • There are a lot of ingredients that affect women more than men, and you can get overexposed to them.
    — Suzanne S. Brown, The Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2017
  • But Silvergate went all in on crypto, and left itself overexposed in the crash that began last year.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Even if something does generate buzz around the film, there’s the danger of the movie getting overexposed too early.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Brand new — and perfect for reviving hair that’s been overexposed to a summer’s worth of sun, sand and swim — is the Signature Oil Treatment ($700).
    — Rachel Marlowe, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Aug. 2019
  • The idea is that over time—and with repetitive injections—your body is overexposed to the complex proteins that are bound to the neurotoxin.
    — Taryn Brooke, Allure, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Fraser was alleged to have overexposed workers to lead during the extraction of the old engine.
    — Brady Slater, Twin Cities, 5 Jan. 2017
  • Besides their food, an appeal of Flippin’ Filipino is they’re not overexposed.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 10 July 2023
  • The reflection was achieved with a 5K tungsten light through a light grid frame, overexposing two stops, to give enough light to capture Chastain's reflection.
    — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2017
  • To keep the brand from becoming overexposed, Chanel tightly limits supply and raises prices.
    — Suzanne Kapner, WSJ, 22 Feb. 2019
  • For these treatments to work over the long term, health care providers need to rotate them among patients to avoid overexposing lice to any single drug and thus lessen the chances of the lice developing resistance to it.
    — Karen Weintraub, Scientific American, 1 June 2017
  • For these treatments to work over the long term, health care providers need to rotate them among patients to avoid overexposing lice to any single drug and thus lessen the chances of the lice developing resistance to it.
    — Karen Weintraub, Scientific American, 29 May 2017
  • And when things are uncertain, overexposing a fund to one company can be a foolish gamble.
    — Lizette Chapman, Fortune, 21 June 2019
  • The co-editor of AltRight.com has overexposed himself, using shock factor to hammer the same old racist schtick with modern twists in the quest to build a public persona with which to trade in the commerce of prejudice.
    — Fabiola Santiago, miamiherald, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The cheap cameras produced images that were sometimes grainy and overexposed — imperfections that Ms. van Manen didn’t correct in the dark room.
    — Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 5 June 2024

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