overdo

We tried very hard to find sound bites that demonstrated our points clearly, using enough examples to support it, but to not overdo it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026

But it is possible for companies to overdo a good thing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

“One of the best things about music’s potential to decrease dementia risk is that it is fun, can be interactive and you can’t overdo it,” Jaffa said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025

"I mean, I'm not going to overdo it, but I felt sorry for him because he's under pressure. People make mistakes."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2025

I think I’m just too wobbly for her nerves, because even Dr. Rashid admits that walking is good for me as long as I don’t overdo it or get stranded.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

“What we’re doing here is trying to take mechanisms that fight where your body overdoes it.”

From Washington Times ● Mar. 6, 2021

She overdoes her offer of a nightcap to an increasingly angry Frankenstein, first proffering brandy, then “varm milk . . . perhaps?” and, finally, the chocolate malted kid’s drink Ovaltine.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2021

Arbery overdoes the symbolism – as with a noisily explosive generator that echoes the breaking string in Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 29, 2019

“The movie succeeds because it at once restrains its sticky, gooey good cheer and wildly overdoes it,” the critic A. O. Scott wrote in The New York Times.

From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2018

Suddenly he raised his head; his beady eyes glittered; he hurried greedily toward the crumbs, squawking hoarsely, clucking wildly, like a crude fellow who aspires to be a gallant and overdoes the part.

From Frank of Freedom Hill by Samuel A. (Samuel Arthur) Derieux

He would get so excited about workouts that he often overdid it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Here’s what to do if you overdid it.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026

"They told me 'Hey, you overdid it regarding the number of military personnel'," he says.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2023

Laufenberg overdid Konstantin’s temper tantrums in Act I, but found a convincingly pained and broken register for the closing scene.

From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2023

For Christmas that year, she felt she overdid it a bit with the presents.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

One clue that the precipitous drop might be getting overdone: The company has continued to report double-digit year-over-year revenue growth.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

But many sell-side analysts, or those working for brokerage firms, believe that weakness is overdone, as they see tremendous upside potential for many stocks in the industry.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

For Angrick, however, talk of a potential 50-basis-point move seems overdone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Chocolate-industry executives have been saying the recent price jump is overdone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

I lift my feet carefully, but it seems overdone.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

“So I have no reserve when it comes to speaking up about physically overdoing it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

She worried this new song—a three-minute romp set to a bounding rhythm in the fashion of Michael Jackson’s “The Way You Make Me Feel”—was overdoing it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Some also say Americans — as in the case of previous health fads — run the risk of overdoing it.

From MarketWatch ● May 10, 2026

A minor criticism was an overdoing of a bouncer plan to Santner and Henry, still that led to Brook's moment of magic.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2024

I hope my fake sigh isn’t overdoing it.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera