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

RuPaul’s Drag Race The contestants must overact in holiday movie parodies in this new episode.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2021

"You overact your part," said young Wharton, in constant apprehension of discovery; "your zeal is too intemperate."

From The Spy by Cooper, James Fenimore