How to Use overconfidence in a Sentence

overconfidence

noun

• During the race, the hare falls asleep in a stint of overconfidence while the tortoise keeps going and wins.
  — Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2022
• As the moon and Jupiter clash, overconfidence can be your downfall!
  — USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
• This was a mistake of overconfidence on my part, as this was my fourth or fifth time at the summit.
  — Rusty Foster, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
• There is an amazing list of films on the shortlist so there’s no such thing as overconfidence.
  — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 5 Jan. 2024
• And, in fact, most of the episode is about him being punished for his overconfidence about rural life.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2022
• There seems to be overconfidence on the left about Biden that reminds me of 2016 when people assumed Trump could not win.
  — Brynn Tannehill, The New Republic, 14 Aug. 2023
• This overconfidence could be due in part to AI hype touting chatbots as the new search engines.
  — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 23 Oct. 2023
• Chevy Chase starred in two Fletch films in the ’80s, and in retrospect his overconfidence and privilege haven’t aged all that well.
  — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 30 Sep. 2022
• Nuzzi said it's also been a lesson in overconfidence and hubris.
  — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 16 Jan. 2022
• Eric Davis wasn’t alone in sensing the A’s overconfidence.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 25 June 2022
• Part of the reason for this overconfidence begins in the doctor’s office.
  — Fortune Well, 21 Feb. 2023
• Part of this is due to overconfidence in our own decision-making skills.
  — Robert Hoffmann, Quartz, 2 July 2021
• But the way things are going, the biggest challenge facing the Bulldogs might be overconfidence.
  — Paul Newberry, ajc, 19 Sep. 2022
• Australia are feeling buoyant, but will be wary of the hosts whose reckless batting approach in the third Test smacked of overconfidence.
  — Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
• Another piece of the story is just overconfidence and hubris.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 18 Aug. 2021
• The simplicity of the plot gives away the disastrous overconfidence in stretching the story out to 12 half-hour chapters.
  — Inkoo Kang, Washington Post, 14 May 2022
• But Kwan is aware that heading into 2023 with a sense of overconfidence can be dangerous.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 23 Jan. 2023
• The real reason for our overconfidence comes down to a metacognitive glitch.
  — Rob Brotherton, Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2015
• But his routine pokes fun at a popular alternative to the nepo baby route — the overconfidence of the mediocre white man.
  — Alexis Soloski Seth Caplan, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2022
• Later on, the Moon conjoins expansive Jupiter to give us a double dose of optimistic luck -- that said, this could verge on overconfidence.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2023
• The excitement, Beebe says, should not be confused with overconfidence.
  — Mike Rodak | [e-mail], al, 29 Dec. 2022
• One of the biggest failures in our decision making comes from a cognitive bias called the overconfidence bias.
  — Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
• The fact that the effect is more pronounced among Super Cruise users is notable, as, in the past, surveys have shown that Autopilot users suffered from the greatest overconfidence.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2022
• Bumper's overconfidence with newfound shades of earnestness and self-awareness.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2022
• Some of the stories are straightforward parables about the perils of overconfidence or a desire for clarity.
  — Robert Rubsam, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
• Guy is taking a low-key approach about this game, not talking with overconfidence, realizing how strong the Pirates are.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2021
• The Roadrunners have worked to guard against overconfidence, knowing the Golden Eagles’ roster holds many of the same players who were part of five straight winning seasons before this year.
  — Greg Luca, ExpressNews.com, 20 Nov. 2020
• But the debacle at Southwest Airlines over Christmas last year should guard against overconfidence.
  — David Koenig, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2023
• Enormous resources are available, thanks to the aggressor’s overconfidence in leaving hundreds of billions of dollars and euros in law-abiding states.
  — Philip Zelikow, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
• Republicans, however, suffer from an inverse affliction, a form of congenital overconfidence that comes straight from the leader who has reinvented the G.O.P. in his braggadocious image.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Nov 2024