overactive

Example Sentences

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Studies in people have shown that this area tends to be overactive in those with chronic pain.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

“As most fiction, it is a composite, an amalgam of personal experience, research and my fertile, overactive imagination,” Raicek said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The company launched a new product for overactive bladder called Altaviva.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

Instead, he said that the unusual incident may have been due to the bee colony becoming too large for its beehive and becoming "overactive" when the beekeeper handled it.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025

My mother used to tell me that I had an overactive imagination; Tom said that, too.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins