overpress

Example Sentences

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“I didn’t overpress as much,” Raducanu said in explaining how she came back from 1-3 to win the opening set and then the match 6-3, 6-4.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2021

When in such a condition it does not do to overpress, as, if you do, the chances are the steer will wheel round, challenge you and get on the fight.

From Ranching, Sport and Travel by Carson, Thomas

"No, but she makes heavy calls on the estate, and is displeased if he refuses to overpress the tenants or hesitates to cut the timber."

From Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

My head was reeling, and with the overpress of excitement I could not sleep.

From Red Axe by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

Certainly the later Ṣufi poets were inclined to overpress symbolism, and the luscious sweetness of the poetry may have been unwholesome for some—both for poets and for readers.

From The Reconciliation of Races and Religions by Cheyne, Thomas Kelly