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

And so that is why in the theater, the actors tend to be very exaggerated or 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

My friend was apt to overact his part.

From The Autobiography of a Quack and the Case of George Dedlow by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)