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verb

past tense of overact

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overacted
Adjective
  • The audio sounds brighter, without being overdone.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To bridge the gap, a handful of states have enacted orders expanding and protecting access, issuing blanket prescriptions, executive orders and insurance coverage requirements.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Newsom realized, though, that anything enacted by a California ballot initiative — such as the non-partisan election commission — can be undone by another initiative.
    Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Prosecutors argued the brothers acted out of greed, resorting to murder to get their multimillion-dollar inheritances before being cut out of their parents’ will.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2025
  • At trial, prosecutors argued the brothers acted out of greed, eager to secure their parents' multimillion-dollar estate.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Dell mimed the physical act of branding cattle to indicate the importance of loyalty.
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Could my stutter-step breathing and thick-ridden voice be imitated by a machine?
    Adam Verner September 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • For their efforts, life has imitated art, as Huntr/x has now stolen the show from not one but two cloyingly chipper bro brigades.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In fact, Kirk’s tours, debating style and strategic outreach to younger voters have become such a hallmark of the current culture wars that South Park mimicked the events in the opening episode of its current 27th Season.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In the lab, researchers first validated the implant in a fluid medium that mimicked intraocular conditions.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Overacted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overacted. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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