How to Use overdraw in a Sentence

overdraw

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  • She overdrew her account by $100.
  • That’s where, for a fee, your payments get honored even when you’re overdrawn.
    — Bruce Adams, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Go literal with the phrase cat eye and overdraw your lower lash line to mimic the look of a bright-eyed kitten.
    — Michella Oré, Glamour, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Track your bank balance and you will never be overdrawn or surprised.
    — WSJ, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The Spot Me product lets Chime customers overdraw on their accounts with no overdraft fees.
    — Ron Shevlin, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Making money might be a goal of yours at the moment, but impulsive risks could tempt you to overdraw your bank account.
    — Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2022
  • The overdraft fees would be waived as long as the account balance on that next day is overdrawn by less than $5 after posting all transactions.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2017
  • The Finn by Chase app, however, doesn't allow customers to overdraw, which helps them avoid costly overdraft fees.
    — Adam Shell, USA TODAY, 28 June 2018
  • Consumers with an average balance of at least $400 who haven’t overdrawn in the prior three months would likely get a boost, FICO said.
    — Annamaria Andriotis, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2018
  • For a typical fee of $34 per overdraft, banks allow customers to overdraw accounts to cover a transaction and to pay back the amount with the next deposit.
    — Yuka Hayashi, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2017
  • Kyle Richards will do her best face emoji impressions, Linna will overdraw her lip, and Dorit will be loquacious.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Don't be afraid to overdraw your lips — that exaggerated silhouette is part of the appeal.
    — Hannah Morrill, Allure, 16 Feb. 2018
  • But during dry years, more water is pumped out of the ground than is put back in by precipitation—and the recent drought has overdrawn the groundwater account.
    — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 14 Feb. 2017
  • But during dry years, more water is pumped out of the ground than is put back in by precipitation—and the recent drought has overdrawn the groundwater account.
    — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 14 Feb. 2017
  • Several big banks this year have ditched overdraft fees—flat fees, often around $30, that banks charge when customers overdraw their accounts.
    — Kristin Broughton, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2021
  • And yet, that’s the average fee the country’s largest banks charge customers who overdraw their accounts, according to a NerdWallet study.
    — Margarette Burnette, chicagotribune.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • But Voyager 2's instrument snafu caused the probe to overdraw on its available power.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Unexpected bills can result in overdraft fees of about $25 each time an account is overdrawn.
    — Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2024
  • For customers not enrolled in the service, transactions that would overdraw their account will be declined without a fee.
    — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 2 Dec. 2021
  • And Cheadle’s power was shut off in November, requiring her to overdraw her checking account to pay for it.
    — Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
  • TD Bank announced Tuesday that its customers will be able to overdraw their accounts by up to $50 before incurring an overdraft fee.
    — Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Huntington's consumer or business customers who overdraw their accounts by $50 or less will not see an overdraft fee.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2021
  • This will provide a threshold of funds without the need to overdraw from personal savings or obtain personal loans from others or banks.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 22 June 2021
  • Banks could also provide small lines of credit to allow customers to overdraw their accounts, a service that would operate like a credit card.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2024
  • For bank customers not enrolled, transactions that would overdraw their account will be declined, with no fees assessed, the company said.
    — Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Roughly a third of all payday loans are now issued online, and almost half of borrowers who have taken out online loans have had lenders overdraw their bank accounts.
    — Matthew Desmond, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • As noted above, any debit card merchant transactions that could overdraw your account would be denied.
    — Margarette Burnette, chicagotribune.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Authorities have said Taylor Bean overdrew its account at Colonial for years to cover its own cash shortfalls.
    — Michael Rapoport, WSJ, 3 July 2018
  • Be aware that without it, your bank will decline transactions that overdraw your account, instead of allowing them and then charging you a substantial fee.
    — Ann Carrns, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2016
  • Chime doesn’t charge account fees or require minimum balances and lets customers who directly deposit their paycheck have early access to those funds and overdraw up to $200.
    — Peter Rudegeair, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2021

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