overdo

Morgan might overdo Fiona’s fiery streak when she sings “Waitin’ For My Dearie,” but the driving impulse is to bring the musical’s out-of-time female characters into the 21st century.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

Because EMS lacks familiar markers for exhaustion—it’s hard to gauge effort with involuntary muscle contractions—people can unwittingly overdo it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 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

“It is better. Do try to keep your elbows out when you walk the outfit, and don’t overdo it with the fan,” she said to the model.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

The performances are engaging, though Bates overdoes the overbearing nature of her voluble character: opinionated, judgmental and not hesitant to deliver dig after dig at Chrissie.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023

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

From Washington Times ● Mar. 6, 2021

It never overdoes the retro affectations, and the lengthy middle section that slowly builds to the appearance of a choir is particularly fantastic.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 22, 2020

Daley notes that Plemons’s comfort inhabiting a sinister character like Gary prevented him from becoming the kind of dramatic actor who overdoes comedy to “sweaty and awkward” effect.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2020

Perhaps she is a little homesick, but is trying to make us think everything is all right, 116 and she overdoes it.

From The Turn of the Tide The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)

“We underdid it in the great financial crisis, so we overdid it here,” said Patrick Harker, who was president of the Philadelphia Fed for a decade before stepping down last June.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Here’s what to do if you overdid it.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026

“But I overdid it … seven minutes, don’t do it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2025

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

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2023

“Though if that were true I think I overdid it.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Certain episodes are overlong and overdone, stuffed with one scabrous exploit after another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

It followed a busy festive period with her husband Ross and four-year-old twins Max and Freddie, and when she developed a headache she initially thought she had just "overdone it".

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

While Thill believes the selloff is overdone, he and his team “acknowledge the concerns around RPO to revenue conversion and the slowdown in cloud apps,” he wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

Semiconductor stocks shed $1.3 trillion in market value, amplified by Broadcom’s forecast, but the selloff may be overdone given prior gains.

From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026

Unlike their aunt, the children won’t put up with this kind of overdone gush.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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

From MarketWatch ● May 10, 2026

True believers have a way of rhetorically overdoing it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

On the other hand, I am not sure if Parker Posey is trying to sound crazy on purpose because her character is heavily medicated, or if she’s just really overdoing that drawl.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2025

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

Glancing at the glass of water Daisy held in her hand, Mama smiled and said, “I think we can forget about the chains for a while. It may be that you’re overdoing this water drinking.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls