overacting

Example Sentences

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Her overacting meets Ms. Gyllenhaal’s over-filmmaking like the Hindenburg crashing into the Titanic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Then came the guards yelling, recordings that Burn monitored for overacting.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2023

They can reveal if the people caught in action are hiding from the camera or posing for it, and if they are speaking naturally or being loud and overacting.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2023

My sister told me I was overacting and should just move my office into my bedroom or closet.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2023

Even Leeds’ Thespians on Demand, the famed English acting troupe known far and wide for their loud voices and shameless overacting, could not hold a candle to this family.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood