Wondering how to use Overreact in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as react or respond.
Overreact in a sentence
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Overreact meaning
To react too much or too intensely.
Using Overreact
- The main meaning on this page is: To react too much or too intensely.
- Useful related words include: react, respond.
- In the example corpus, overreact often appears in combinations such as: to overreact, overreact to, not overreact.
Context around Overreact
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Overreact
- In this selection, "overreact" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, may stand out and add context to how "overreact" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include not to overreact and because they overreact. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "overreact" sits close to words such as aarhus, abdu and abetted, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with overreact
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He’s not going to overreact. (6 words)
But it’s important not to overreact. (7 words)
The sports world has a tendency to overreact. (8 words)
Howe, having been at the coalface all season, knows this better than anybody but now is not the time for Newcastle to overreact after a bad show under the lights in the capital. (33 words)
It'll be a lot of you and me on Mondays as we react and overreact to everything that happened in the NFL and college football from the weekend that was. (31 words)
While this isn’t entirely a bad thing as it’s always good to stick up for yourself, it does seem like she has a side where she can overreact. (30 words)
How will America’s friends and foes in the Middle East react — or overreact — to the coming new reality? (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
But it’s important not to overreact.
Don‘t overreact after todays small dip, anything between the price of $20k and $25k will still just remain noise.
He’s not going to overreact.
If an MVP-caliber talent catches fire early in a game, teams often overreact and try to take the ball out of their hands.
I hope that the Chinese communists will not overreact,” he told reporters.
The sports world has a tendency to overreact.
We’re jumping right back into the thick of it in Week 2, trying our best not to overreact to the season’s opening proceedings.
Howe, having been at the coalface all season, knows this better than anybody but now is not the time for Newcastle to overreact after a bad show under the lights in the capital.
The lane departure warning can also be too sensitive on narrow country roads, as it seems to overreact to getting too close to the median line.
You may overreact to the moods and opinions of others; it might be a good idea to just stop doing whatever it is that pushes your buttons.
According to him, he said that he choose not to overreact when his daughter told him about her sexuality because he didn’t want to dire their relationship.
And there are another seven games left in this wacky season for fans and media to overreact to.
A study says the strain has a potential pandemic threat, but experts warn not to overreact.
How will America’s friends and foes in the Middle East react — or overreact — to the coming new reality?
I’m bedridden and I can’t tell my sister, or my mom because they overreact.
It'll be a lot of you and me on Mondays as we react and overreact to everything that happened in the NFL and college football from the weekend that was.
It’s really easy to overreact to a first game blowout in a series.
The key is not to overreact or change too much.
They may overreact to things that you are allergic to, such as changes in the weather, exposure to toxins in the air, or infections.
While this isn’t entirely a bad thing as it’s always good to stick up for yourself, it does seem like she has a side where she can overreact.
Common combinations with overreact
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to overreact 16×
- overreact to 14×
- not overreact 4×
- don overreact 3×
- overreact when 3×
- overreact after 2×
- overreact and 2×
- may overreact 2×
- or overreact 2×
- they overreact 2×