How to Use overzealous in a Sentence

overzealous

adjective
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  • Even with an overzealous slip, that knife won’t break skin.
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 28 July 2024
  • This caused me to be a bit overzealous on the other, which wasn’t having it.
    — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 15 Oct. 2018
  • Don’t be overzealous with them, as that can lead to sores, burns and scars, Farris warned.
    — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The greater risk lay not in covid-19 but in overzealous lockdowns to prevent its spread.
    — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2020
  • But some overzealous fans have read a bit too far into the singer’s every move.
    — Luke Chinman, Peoplemag, 6 June 2024
  • Some people dot their words with them, like an overzealous cook with a heavy hand on the salt shaker.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The swing and the overzealous approach showed that Torres was looking for something to pull.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2021
  • That burnout, Williams says, comes from overzealous parents.
    — Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Their brows grew untouched and outside the reach of waxers’ overzealous hands.
    — Mattie Kahn, Town & Country, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The man, perhaps to get this overzealous church lady to leave him be, finally accepts the socks and hands back the rest.
    — Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2024
  • During the course of the trial, Showalter had portrayed Rankin as an overzealous deputy.
    — Uriel J. Garcia, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Unfortunately, this wasn't the first time that Finn has had to deal with overzealous fans.
    — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 3 Mar. 2020
  • At first glance that seems like overzealous message board fan fiction.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Get it wrong and you get saddled with an $80 ticket from the city’s overzealous parking police.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2024
  • But O’Brien said the case was not a sign of overzealous policing or prosecution.
    — Mick Dumke, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2020
  • The molecule sits on the surface of all of the cells in the body, basically acting like an overzealous guard dog.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Oak Park native Randall Hoole is the director and plays Bernard, the male half of that overzealous couple.
    — Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Do what every overzealous booster has been trying to do for decades: Pay the players.
    — Kyle Whitmire, al, 5 Aug. 2020
  • An overzealous meet official approached and tried to usher them off the track.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Charlie shot 16-over 86 in the first round, while dealing with overzealous fans and shaky security while on the course.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Don't make the mistake of being overzealous in your content schedule.
    — Joel Goobich, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
  • For the record, 'stan' refers to being an overzealous fan of a particular person.
    — Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, 18 July 2019
  • That, of course, is not the first time that an attorney has been publicly called out for overzealous behavior.
    — Dallas News, 16 May 2020
  • Taylor then dropped in a blooper to center field that bounced past an overzealous Heredia.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Yet all anyone on social media could talk about was her rather overzealous spray tan.
    — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 May 2018
  • Trump's campaign argues the VP nominee is doing fine and is the victim of overzealous Democrats and the media.
    — Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Stylists will advise you to avoid getting too overzealous with your scissors, but sometimes you're left with no choice.
    — Louryn Strampe, Wired, 19 Apr. 2020
  • The overzealous Karun tags along on their critical mission.
    — NBC News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • However, this access could be curtailed by a single piece of overzealous regulation.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
  • The emphasis on verifiability is, in part, a response to a recent spate of PR and legal headaches resulting from companies’ overzealous or unclear climate claims.
    — Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2024

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