overactive
Example Sentences
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It’s as if the entire information ecosystem has been jumbled by an overactive imagination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Researchers want to determine whether these medicines can change how microglia process energy and reduce their tendency to become overactive.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Koy, the son of a white father and Filipina mother, saw comedy as a way to channel an overactive personality and need to make people laugh into a career.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026
"I'm a fierce perfectionist and there is an overactive, hugely self-critical voice in my head - my whole life is an exercise in trying to shake that," he says.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025
It occurs when an overactive immune system begins attacking the cells that create pigment, or color, in the skin.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
