overfamiliar

Example Sentences

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In his evidence to the panel, the PE teacher acknowledged that his messages at times were "too friendly and overfamiliar but said he thought it was due to spending 16/17 hours a day with someone".

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Directed by Kelly Kitchens, “Snowed In” sidesteps the overwrought and overfamiliar qualities of so many holiday shows without tipping into full-on counterprogramming mode.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023

Other bits center around flaky co-workers, callous HR reps and overfamiliar recruiters.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2022

Sontag’s early passages outline the now overfamiliar “so bad it’s good” aesthetic: it could be found in the drawings of Aubrey Beardsley, the 1933 film King Kong and Tiffany lamps.

From The Guardian • May 8, 2019

The orchestra had started to play again, a sensuous, creamy melody which was making the most of its brief reign as Broadway's leading song-hit, overfamiliar to her from a hundred repetitions.

From The Adventures of Sally by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)