Overstay is an English word with synonyms like bide or abide. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Overstay in a sentence
Related words
Overstay meaning
- To remain present after the agreed or appropriate departure time.
- To remain present beyond the limits of.
Using Overstay
- The main meaning on this page is: To remain present after the agreed or appropriate departure time. | To remain present beyond the limits of.
- Useful related words include: outstay, bide, abide, stay.
- In the example corpus, overstay often appears in combinations such as: to overstay, overstay its, overstay their.
Context around Overstay
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 13 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Overstay
- In this selection, "overstay" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, substantial, visa, sequences, penalty, charge and fees stand out and add context to how "overstay" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include didn t overstay its welcome and doesn t overstay its welcome. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "overstay" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with overstay
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Boss fights, while visually stunning, continue to overstay their welcome. (10 words)
This is just a fun feature that doesn’t overstay its welcome. (12 words)
It's an epic six-minute journey that doesn't overstay its welcome. (13 words)
Even if they’re counting World Tour as 9, which I don’t think anybody else was, why would you skip a number, because once you’re onto Mario Kart 14, or whatever, it starts to make it all seem a bit like it’s starting to overstay its welcome. (50 words)
The special effects were impressive for the time, even if they were never particularly realistic or jaw-dropping, and the story moves at a fast-enough pace so that none of the sequences overstay their welcome. (36 words)
In hopes that she would be among those to receive an ID or otherwise would be able to resolve matters with the help of a lawyer, she made the difficult decision to overstay her visa. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Even if they’re counting World Tour as 9, which I don’t think anybody else was, why would you skip a number, because once you’re onto Mario Kart 14, or whatever, it starts to make it all seem a bit like it’s starting to overstay its welcome.
In hopes that she would be among those to receive an ID or otherwise would be able to resolve matters with the help of a lawyer, she made the difficult decision to overstay her visa.
It's an epic six-minute journey that doesn't overstay its welcome.
Sure, the opening match was slow and methodical, but at five minutes it didn’t overstay its welcome.
These cards will grant unrestricted access to the entire metro network and no penalties or surcharges will be imposed on 'Tourist Smart Cards' for issues such as entry/exit mismatches or overstay within the system.
This creative decision might be divisive since it limits the player's agency to an extent, causing some battles to overstay their welcome since they can feel formulaic.
This was a mess, as predicted, but it didn’t overstay its welcome with the live crowd, which was a mild surprise.
Boss fights, while visually stunning, continue to overstay their welcome.
Her top tip is to keep your phone out of the loo, as bringing it in not only tempts you to overstay your visit, but could also lead to other health concerns down the line.
If you overstay the period allowed in the European countries using the EES, the system will identify you and record this information.
The early brawling around the ring and into the crowd was surprising, but they made it work well and didn’t have it overstay its welcome.
The National Informatics Centre (NIC) will set up a portal to generate border passes and maintain a database of people entering and leaving the country or those who overstay.
This is just a fun feature that doesn’t overstay its welcome.
With this, Viado reminded foreign nationals in the country to ensure they do not overstay during the holiday season.
Anyone whose visa expired before March 26, the starting date of the amnesty, is now on very substantial overstay if they have remained in the shadows.
Such extensions would be granted for a period up to 30 days from the date of lifting the prohibition on international air travel of passengers from India without levy of overstay penalty, the MHA said.
The methylphenidate is a controlled drug and the marijuana a Class 5 drug, so knockoffs or not, Kurbatov will be prosecuted for visa overstay and dealing drugs.
The special effects were impressive for the time, even if they were never particularly realistic or jaw-dropping, and the story moves at a fast-enough pace so that none of the sequences overstay their welcome.
The user fee and overstay charge were recommendations from the resident Electric Vehicles Subcommittee.
Under the scheme, overstay fees are waived, workers are offered free flights home, and transitory housing and food till their travel dates.
Common combinations with overstay
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to overstay 7×
- overstay its 6×
- overstay their 6×
- who overstay 4×
- didn overstay 2×
- overstay your 2×
- of overstay 2×
- visa overstay 2×
- overstay and 2×
- overstay in 2×