overly solicitous

Example Sentences

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Jane, whose timidity is evident in the way she only reluctantly takes off her winter coat, behaves as though she’s been abducted by an overly solicitous kidnapper.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

At the OMB, where the nation’s policy objectives often brutally intersect with its fiscal realities, the Decadal Survey offered Parriott and his colleagues a foolproof way of dismissing overly solicitous astronomers.

From Scientific American • Aug. 18, 2021

Remain friendly, but don’t go out of your way to be overly solicitous, since this will make it clear that you need them to make you feel better about yourself again.

From Slate • Jun. 13, 2019

But with fearful children, you have to balance validating emotions with not being overly solicitous.

From Time • Aug. 9, 2011

We’ve all met them — the overly solicitous salesperson who just doesn’t get the hint, the superfriendly waiter angling for a tip, the eager young hair stylist chopping away while talking with abandon.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2011