overprotect

Example Sentences

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“Maybe we have very fragile institutions and there is a tendency to overprotect them. Mature societies, after all, can deal with these kinds of criticisms without having to go to courts of law.”

From The Guardian • Feb. 19, 2021

“The people of God need their pastor to be close to them, not to overprotect himself. The people of God need their pastors to be self-sacrificing.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2020

A pattern had also emerged that would carry on throughout Clinton’s public life: Her protectors would overprotect; her attackers would overattack.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2016

In a well-intentioned effort to help kids treat one another better, we do have to be careful not to overpolice or overprotect them.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2013

"I don't want to overprotect him, to keep asking him how he's doing."

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2011