Overplaying is an English word. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Overplaying meaning
present participle and gerund of overplay
Using Overplaying
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of overplay
- In the example corpus, overplaying often appears in combinations such as: of overplaying.
Context around Overplaying
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Overplaying
- In this selection, "overplaying" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, radio, attackers, frances and irving stand out and add context to how "overplaying" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include concerned about overplaying the 6 and delight in overplaying frances imperious. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "overplaying" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with overplaying
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It was not heavy-handed as much as it just overplaying his hand. (13 words)
Cray, Ramblin Man, p. 174. main Guthrie was tired of the radio overplaying Irving Berlin 's " God Bless America ". (19 words)
United were guilty of overplaying, attackers wanting to beat one too many men or attempting loose extra passes rather than shooting. (21 words)
It’s always watchable when Pfeiffer is around to delight in overplaying Frances’ imperious theatrical grandiosity, and Hedges has long been good at playing characters who have a kind of interesting passivity. (32 words)
Stormers loose forward Marcel Theunissen says they will continue to play freely despite their recent struggles with overplaying, when they host Leinster in Cape Town on Saturday night. (28 words)
The movie even invents a face-off between a fiery Mary, confident to the point of overplaying her hand, and an insecure but ultimately implacable Elizabeth. (26 words)
Example sentences (7)
United were guilty of overplaying, attackers wanting to beat one too many men or attempting loose extra passes rather than shooting.
It was not heavy-handed as much as it just overplaying his hand.
Stormers loose forward Marcel Theunissen says they will continue to play freely despite their recent struggles with overplaying, when they host Leinster in Cape Town on Saturday night.
It’s always watchable when Pfeiffer is around to delight in overplaying Frances’ imperious theatrical grandiosity, and Hedges has long been good at playing characters who have a kind of interesting passivity.
So far, Fizdale isn’t concerned about overplaying the 6-foot-7 lefty and having him smack into the rookie wall sooner than most.
The movie even invents a face-off between a fiery Mary, confident to the point of overplaying her hand, and an insecure but ultimately implacable Elizabeth.
Cray, Ramblin Man, p. 174. main Guthrie was tired of the radio overplaying Irving Berlin 's " God Bless America ".
Common combinations with overplaying
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of overplaying 2×