overtake

Example Sentences

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“I didn’t learn anything new. If anyone had any plans, they were so overtalked that we couldn’t hear them.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2020

Geoff was uncomfortable also, and, in his awkwardness, overtalked himself, in a frantic desire to smooth matters.

From The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys by Manwell, M. B.

But McGoggin would not be warned, and one day, when he had steadily overworked and overtalked through the hot season, he was suddenly interrupted at the club, in the middle of an oration.

From Rudyard Kipling by Palmer, John

At last the storm had spent its passion, the woodland was all in peace again, and Merlin, overtalked and overworn had told all of the charm and had fallen asleep.

From Tales from Tennyson by Bellew, Molly K.