How to Use overdrawn in a Sentence

overdrawn

adjective

• Some of the unauthorized charges caused users' bank accounts to be overdrawn, spurring overdraft fees.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 22 Sep. 2017
• If a customer's account is overdrawn at the end of the day, for example, the customer can make a deposit by midnight the next day to avoid fees.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2017
• And each time a transaction is processed for an overdrawn account, Wells Fargo tacks on a fee.
  — Emily Flitter, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2019
• Five days later, the bank informed Mosch the check was counterfeit and her checking account was now $5,000 overdrawn.
  — Michelle Delio, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2002
• Once the transfers had gone through, Sonangol UK’s account was overdrawn, a bank statement shows.
  — Max De Haldevang, Quartz Africa, 19 Jan. 2020
• That change raised the likelihood that accounts would become overdrawn.
  — By Andrea Januta, miamiherald, 1 Aug. 2017
• In both cases, a closed water system was overdrawn, with more water going out than coming in.
  — National Geographic, 21 Jan. 2016
• Jenner's pumped-up, often-overdrawn lips have been an integral part of her signature look (and the selling point of many a Kylie Lip Kit) ever since.
  — Samantha Sasso, refinery29.com, 9 July 2018
• All of the money in her account, plus an additional $1,000, was then withdrawn, causing her account to be overdrawn.
  — cleveland, 27 Mar. 2020
• Banks had faced criticism amid speculation that those with overdrawn accounts would lose part or all of their payments.
  — Jennifer Surane, Bloomberg.com, 29 Apr. 2020
• The account was overdrawn by nearly $4,000 and was subsequently closed by Capital One.
  — Justin Rohrlich, Quartz, 15 Feb. 2020
• Not every bank is keeping its overdrawn customers’ money.
  — Emily Flitter, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2020
• Some Wells Fargo customers say their bank accounts were drained – and in some cases overdrawn – when their automatic bill pay setups were charged twice for payments.
  — Deon Roberts, charlotteobserver, 18 Jan. 2018
• Banks generally will let customers designate a savings account or line of credit to serve as a backup source of funds in case the checking account is overdrawn.
  — Margarette Burnette, chicagotribune.com, 10 Oct. 2019
• Bank records seized through search warrants and reviewed by law enforcement showed two of the funeral home’s bank accounts were overdrawn and a third account contained a small amount of money, authorities said.
  — Katie Park, Philly.com, 6 June 2018
• While the star’s drag character is featured prominently in the video, Brian Firkus, the musician under the overdrawn lips and cartoonish cheekbones, is the video's undeniable lead.
  — Patrick Crowley, Billboard, 17 Mar. 2018
• Since the bankruptcy, Harlan County’s miners have struggled with overdrawn bank accounts, payments on houses and electric bills.
  — Chris Kenning, The Courier-Journal, 27 July 2019
• The business at the time faced mounting financial problems, including declining sales, several past due bills and an overdrawn bank account.
  — Steven Martinez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2020
• Banks have also taken people's stimulus checks to cover previous late fees or overdrawn accounts, the New York Times reported.
  — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2020
• Currently, the seven states that rely on Colorado River water are discussing ways to reduce their usage, both to deal with the fact that the river has been significantly overdrawn for years and to come up with a plan to adapt to a drier future.
  — Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic, 2 Mar. 2020
• The customer complaining alleged that the error resulted in an overdrawn bank account, according to Travel Agent Central.
  — Fox News, 24 May 2017
• But if any parallels between the Netflix drama and real life are a bit overdrawn – even in a week of stark revelations in the Trump-Russia saga – there’s no doubt that the Trump presidency has gripped the imagination of a global audience.
  — Linda Feldmann, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 July 2017
• Prosecutors portrayed Uresti as a man under tremendous financial strain whose bank accounts were often overdrawn.
  — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2018
• An eye toward his 2020 campaign, President Donald Trump is turning to a familiar playbook of exaggerated boasts about economic performance and overdrawn complaints about a race tilted against him.
  — Calvin Woodward, Fortune, 17 June 2019
• There have been glimmers of hope via products like the spectacular M2, but luxury and design have seemingly overdrawn BMW’s resources, leaving little for performance engineering to optimize.
  — Miles Branman, Orange County Register, 26 Feb. 2017

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