How to Use overbook in a Sentence

overbook

verb

• The airline overbooked the flight.
• The flight was overbooked, and I got bumped off.
• The doctor's office called and said that they overbooked the appointments for today.
• But the flight was overbooked, and Schear was asked to give up the seat.
  — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Fox News, 19 July 2017
• Now Dempsey and her colleagues no longer need to overbook.
  — NBC News, 19 May 2021
• Munoz said if airlines can’t overbook there will be more empty seats and fares will rise.
  — David Koenig, The Seattle Times, 27 Apr. 2017
• Munoz said if airlines can't overbook flights there will be more empty seats and fares will rise.
  — David Koenig, OrlandoSentinel.com, 27 Apr. 2017
• Then there was the company's take: Flight 3411 from Chicago to Louisville was overbooked.
  — Jack Holmes, Esquire, 10 Apr. 2017
• Here's where Delta differed from United when a flight was overbooked.
  — Megan Friedman, Country Living, 11 Apr. 2017
• When a flight is overbooked, people are moved for any number of reasons.
  — Holly Johnson, idahostatesman, 30 July 2017
• But on the way back to Colorado on Wednesday, Cordova claims that Spirit overbooked the flight.
  — Fox News, 26 June 2017
• And then, the family was told all Delta flights were overbooked until that Tuesday.
  — Megan Friedman, Country Living, 11 Apr. 2017
• And then, the family was told all Delta flights were overbooked until that Tuesday.
  — Megan Friedman, Country Living, 11 Apr. 2017
• Kirby said change fees, baggage charges and overbooking help keep fares low.
  — Lori Aratani, Washington Post, 4 May 2017
• Include some downtime in the schedule and don’t overbook yourself.
  — Washington Post, 19 July 2021
• Of course, in this fast and furious world, there are businesses that routinely overbook and short staff.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 26 July 2021
• Often, this is a result of flights’ being overbooked, as airlines try to fill as many seats as possible.
  — Kelly Couturier, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2017
• If airlines couldn’t overbook, then ticket prices would increase for all customers as the airlines hedge against empty seats.
  — Baruch Feigenbaum, Orange County Register, 14 May 2017
• Be aware, though: Early screenings are usually overbooked, and your pass does not guarantee you a seat.
  — Adam Lukach, RedEye Chicago, 18 Apr. 2018
• On schedules, officers would be urged not to overbook themselves.
  — Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2017
• Assume that all flights during peak travel seasons will be overbooked.
  — Melinda Crow, Twin Cities, 20 Apr. 2017
• United Airlines said he was removed because the flight was overbooked and four United employees needed to fly to Louisville.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 18 Oct. 2017
• People wheel around elderly relatives in need of dialysis, hoping to get a spot on flights that have been overbooked, even though many airlines have resumed full menus of flights to the mainland.
  — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2017
• Hotels can be overbooked, flights get canceled, and severe weather may cause disruptions.
  — Joni Sweet, Cincinnati.com, 10 July 2019
• Still, even after this latest debacle, don’t expect overbooking to go away.
  — Barbara Peterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2017
• As many as half of its roughly 6,000 jail detainees are awaiting trial, unable to afford bail, and five class-action lawsuits have been brought against it in the past five decades for allegedly overbooking its jail.
  — Maura Ewing, The Atlantic, 16 May 2017
• In a description attached to the YouTube video, the Schears complained that Delta had overbooked the flight and immediately replaced them with standby passengers.
  — James Queally, chicagotribune.com, 4 May 2017
• Because customers can now cancel without penalty, those assumptions are no longer valid, and airlines have already started to overbook more flights.
  — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2020
• The cabbie informs you that your destination — a hotel, temple, museum, teahouse — is overbooked or closed and takes you to his friend’s lodging or attraction.
  — Andrea Sachs, Twin Cities, 10 Aug. 2019
• As those algorithms predict that a flight will be overbooked, prices shoot even higher to preemptively compensate for the cost of bumping other passengers.
  — Luke Darby, GQ, 7 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024