overact

Example Sentences

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

From Washington Times • Aug. 17, 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

She remembers turning up at castings as recently as five years ago, recording self-tapes, running lines with her mother, who could be counted on to overact.

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2019

Mr. Kline does not overact; it’s his character who does, and it’s important to recognize the distinction.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2017

He loved to exaggerate, to act and overact the momentary part, to exercise his lungs and muscles, and to speak and laugh with his whole body.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis