How to Use overreact in a Sentence

overreact

verb
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  • Some folks will overreact and swear off the whole thing.
    — Shane Snow, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The best reaction to a Week 1 win is not to overreact to a Week 1 win.
    — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • So, even as the media fans the flames to white heat, the data thus far is telling us not to overreact.
    — Vasant Dhar, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2023
  • While the loss looks bad on paper for Texas, there is no need for Longhorn fans to overreact.
    — Dallas News, 12 Feb. 2022
  • Don’t overreact, Dodgers fans, the season’s still young.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2022
  • Often what triggers a person to overreact is not the source of the problem.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Pay attention to what’s going on, don’t overreact and look for the drag-free drift.
    — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Oct. 2021
  • There’s no reason to be scared of cicadas and no need to overreact, say experts who spend lots of time with them.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
  • But if, in a month’s time, Israel is seen as overreacting?
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 16 Oct. 2023
  • This digital monster that has taught the culture how to overreact and fly off the handle needs to be tamed.
    — Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Capturing such a long stretch of time makes sure the research doesn’t overreact to short-term ups and downs of the market, McClure and Schwartz argue.
    — Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 26 June 2024
  • Don’t overreact if someone decides to make a change that leaves you questioning what to do next.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Don’t mean to overreact here, spilling into eulogy mode, writing in the past tense.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Feb. 2022
  • And some who hear that rhetoric may overreact, or even respond with violence.
    — Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer, ajc, 3 Mar. 2023
  • McNally said his advice to Biden would be not to overreact to rising prices.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 18 Jan. 2022
  • That said, the market has severely overreacted to the Paul George injury news.
    — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Obviously, college football fans tend to overreact when a teenage kid has a change of heart.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Watch for overreacting as the Aries moon aggravates Mars.
    — USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023
  • For some people, breathing in pollen can cause their immune system to overreact.
    — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2024
  • Preseason games mean there will be no shortage of overreacting to a fourth-string running back or declaring that your team is back.
    — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
  • In fitting with his unruffled demeanor, Villanueva did not want to overreact to the festive atmosphere at the end of the Chiefs game.
    — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 24 Sep. 2021
  • High levels of the protein can lead the immune system to overreact, which can cause pain, swelling and fatigue, some of the very symptoms common to patients with long Lyme.
    — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Scientists posit that germs train a child’s immune system not to overreact.
    — Allysia Finley, WSJ, 26 Nov. 2023
  • This is not a time to panic or overreact, but bear in mind that the chances of cyberattacks on America have never been higher than right now.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2022
  • When that happens, Hepp says, people shouldn't overreact.
    — Lance Lambert, Fortune, 18 Mar. 2023
  • No one in the Dallas organization is foolish enough to overreact to one game.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Others didn't see a need to overreact, and thought that his social media changes really didn't mean anything.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Ohio State is in trouble Buckeyes fans never overreact to anything, right?
    — USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
  • On Wall Street, however, many investors expect the fears of a slowing economy are overdone, and that markets are overreacting.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2024
  • When affected by sepsis, the body essentially overreacts to an infection, which can cause organs to shut down.
    — Dan Heching, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024

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