How to Use overdrive in a Sentence

overdrive

noun

• He put the car into overdrive.
• The reporters went into overdrive to finish their stories on time.
• His acting career is in overdrive.
• In the case of the overdrive, switch it on and forget it.
  — David E. Davis Jr., Car and Driver, 16 May 2023
• Then there's the flood of deals that have forced Wall Street bankers into overdrive.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 14 Apr. 2021
• This was enough to start the rumor mill and send it into overdrive.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• The Pros take all the same great perks that come with AirPods and kick them into overdrive.
  — Shayna Murphy, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2020
• There'd be 16 more games on tap to hit that March Madness overdrive.
  — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2020
• But with their backs up against the wall once again, the offense clicked into overdrive.
  — Andrew Tredinnick, USA TODAY, 6 May 2022
• The body then goes into overdrive to replace the dead and dying skin.
  — Richard Faulk, chicagotribune.com, 5 Sep. 2019
• Here are some species that go into overdrive when the leaves begin to fall.
  — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 27 Sep. 2019
• But a few weeks ago, the discourse went into overdrive.
  — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 1 Feb. 2023
• Awards season kicks into overdrive on the first weekend of the year with the return of the Golden Globes.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2024
• And with that minute speech from one of the nation’s best-known politicians, the Cabán campaign hit overdrive.
  — Araceli Cruz, Teen Vogue, 20 June 2019
• And, when the mother has laid her eggs, these glands go into overdrive.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 19 May 2022
• But nearly five months in, the trend has slammed into overdrive.
  — Phil Matier, SFChronicle.com, 9 Aug. 2020
• The decision not to halt the Texas law sent those fears into overdrive.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Oct. 2021
• But the crisis in Ukraine sent bets on the dollar into overdrive.
  — Caitlin McCabe, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2022
• The college football coaching carousel has been in overdrive over the last 48 hours.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 30 Nov. 2021
• The revolving door has been working overdrive while the Gators try to turn their focus to the start of the season.
  — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Dec. 2020
• Throw in the trade to acquire Rob Gronkowski and the frenzy has gone into overdrive.
  — oregonlive, 4 Aug. 2020
• Now that summer is in full swing, my daily step count is in overdrive.
  — Jennifer Chan, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2024
• Then Floyd's video emerged, and her plan to move shifted into overdrive.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 4 Aug. 2020
• With that, the team went into overdrive shifting their plans by a full 24 hours, with this year’s show moving to Sept. 11.
  — Rob Ledonne, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2024
• Homebuilders in that region got pushed into overdrive over the past two years.
  — Lance Lambert, Fortune, 5 June 2022
• Our first heat wave of the summer is headed into overdrive.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 22 July 2022
• The fact-checkers no doubt will be sent into overdrive by the litany of lies that Trump delivered.
  — Karen Tumulty, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
• There’s nary a moment when your senses aren’t on overdrive.
  — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 13 July 2024
• The joint departures sent the rumor mill into overdrive.
  — Jason Parham, WIRED, 17 Mar. 2025
• Certain habits—like checking work Slack or eating too close to bedtime—can keep the nervous system in overdrive and make restful sleep feel impossible.
  — Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 7 Mar. 2025