overbalancing

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But he is in danger of overbalancing the entire film: this is a rock’n’roll performance from someone who is usually happier with piano sonatas.

From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2021

Levin’s playing was heavy-handed and shapeless, chugging mechanically along and sometimes overbalancing Hahn’s more restrained, often vibratoless violin lines.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2016

His fine blue eyes were alight with possibilities which came near to overbalancing the calculations of her mature mind.

From The Forfeit by Cullum, Ridgwell

The effect of this overbalancing is shown in Fig.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 by Various

The old pirate threw himself back with all his might, in the hopes of overbalancing the man whose arm he held, and dragging him with him.

From The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea by Tilney, F.C.