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Recent Examples of overexcited
Romy is headed to the office when the overexcited animal gets away from its owner and starts charging down the sidewalk right at her.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
However, the researchers observed that once propofol started to be given, the animals’ brains took longer to return to baseline after inputs such as sounds and remained in an overexcited state.
—New Atlas, 19 July 2024
The set-up is simple: Thanksgiving-loving Bob gets a bit overexcited about his three-day turkey brine.
—Lillian Brown, Vulture, 17 May 2024
For nervous, anxious, or overexcited dogs on the go, an all-natural supplement can help promote calm while traveling.
—Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2024
Drone footage, which was first published by The U.S. Sun, showed large crowds of co-eds sprawled out across the beach, and a fun beach boxing bout with gloves, a ref and an overexcited crowd cheering them on.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2024
Though anticipating food can do the trick for mice, little Mickeys, and Minnies sometimes drop off unexpectedly when they get overexcited about social encounters or running on a wheel.
—Discover Magazine, 13 Jan. 2024
Experts have also observed similar kinds of overexcited behavior in wild species, such as elephants, too.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
McCann quickly identified that Irvin was overexcited, which the left-hander said was a product of the beginning of camp.
—Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 27 Feb. 2023
Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
However, the researchers observed that once propofol started to be given, the animals’ brains took longer to return to baseline after inputs such as sounds and remained in an overexcited state.
—New Atlas, 19 July 2024
The set-up is simple: Thanksgiving-loving Bob gets a bit overexcited about his three-day turkey brine.
—Lillian Brown, Vulture, 17 May 2024
For nervous, anxious, or overexcited dogs on the go, an all-natural supplement can help promote calm while traveling.
—Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2024
Drone footage, which was first published by The U.S. Sun, showed large crowds of co-eds sprawled out across the beach, and a fun beach boxing bout with gloves, a ref and an overexcited crowd cheering them on.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2024
Though anticipating food can do the trick for mice, little Mickeys, and Minnies sometimes drop off unexpectedly when they get overexcited about social encounters or running on a wheel.
—Discover Magazine, 13 Jan. 2024
Experts have also observed similar kinds of overexcited behavior in wild species, such as elephants, too.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
McCann quickly identified that Irvin was overexcited, which the left-hander said was a product of the beginning of camp.
—Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 27 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overexcited
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If the big names in the Big Easy aren’t reason enough to get excited for Super Bowl LIX, there is no shortage of storylines that make this year’s championship bout between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles especially compelling.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Antonio Banderas was excited to watch his costar in Bosch's new Super Bowl commercial pull off some impressive wrestling moves on set.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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The exposure made generations of Americans more depressed, anxious, inattentive or hyperactive, the study says.—
Elizabeth Chuck,
NBC News,
4 Dec. 2024
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Certain moments of unabashed emotion where the music swells feel attuned to the vivid realism of cinematographer Santiago Gonzalez’s hyperactive camera.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
20 Dec. 2024
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For example, diaphragmatic breathing can help calm the overactive nervous system and regulate breathing.—
Sarah Bence,
Verywell Health,
24 Jan. 2025
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Inflammatory Skin Conditions Inflammatory skin conditions like eczema (atopic dermatitis) and psoriasis develop due to an overactive immune system.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
20 Jan. 2025
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Gilbert likely gained some valuable experience dealing with politically agitated people by once serving as president of the Screen Actors Guild and by briefly running for Congress in 2015.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
2 Feb. 2025
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About an hour into the conversation, the founder seemed agitated.—
Marc Stad,
TIME,
16 Dec. 2024
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Taking time off to hit the links at Trump National Doral in Miami, Trump finds himself at the center of criticism due to his hectic schedule packed with executive orders.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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As hectic school schedules, in-office work and social events roared back to life in the years following the pandemic, Americans have found themselves, well, exhausted by the daily grind.—
Sonal Dutt,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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The film is a feat of maximalist and moody production design and cinematography, but the tedious and overwrought script renders every character two-dimensional, despite the effortful acting and teary pronunciations.—
Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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However retrograde the racial politics and overwrought the melodrama may look today, The Emperor Jones was in its time an unprecedented cinematic celebration of potent Black masculinity.—
Thomas Doherty,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Oct. 2024
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If nothing else, the film takes it on faith that the old storybook routines no longer apply, which helps explain why ‘Taxi Driver’ — with its frenzied masculine violence and febrile vision of the city as a landscape of fear and desire — hangs over this movie so heavily.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Elsewhere, Blumberg commissioned piano-string improvisations from Sophie Agnel, a synth-pop beat from Vince Clarke, and frenzied bebop jazz, played live on set by drummer Antonin Gerbal, double bassist Joel Grip, saxophonist Pierre Borel, and pianist Simon Sieger.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
24 Jan. 2025
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How much of that feverish reversal Friday could be traced to the game of roulette known as zero-days-to-expiration options ?—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
2 Feb. 2025
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At the event in Halle, Musk also spoke to a feverish crowd in grandiose terms about immigration, pride at being German and the upcoming election.—
Sebastian Shukla,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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