overact

Example Sentences

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Still, Freeman is the only performer here who doesn’t overact.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2023

“My reaction is not to overact but I didn’t like it,” Del Rio said.

From Washington Times • Aug. 17, 2022

No need to project, let alone overact, here; I heard him as clearly as if he were sitting next to me.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2022

That may cause audiences not to really believe in the performances, but in film, because this acting happens in front of the camera, you don’t have to overact.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2021

They can perversely ignore it, though they will cripple themselves in the process, will overact their part and come to grief.

From Public Opinion by Lippmann, Walter