overprotective

Example Sentences

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Between arguments with her overprotective mother, Jersey, Ali finds solace learning to play the piano under the tutelage of Miss Liza Jane, an elderly tenant in the family’s subsidized artist housing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

For many years American Jewish writing seemed to be all about sons—sons launched from Chicago, Brooklyn and the Bronx, sons of overprotective mothers, comics punning on “the son also rises.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

That can make people vulnerable, and it can also make well-intentioned children overprotective.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 1, 2025

Henry is overprotective while Mary is overbearing and suffering from artist’s block.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2025

I’ve heard that some fathers can be overprotective, that this is how they show love.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau