How to Use overdue in a Sentence

overdue

adjective

• He has many overdue bills.
• She reminded him that the rent was overdue.
• The train is 10 minutes overdue.
• This means the stock is overdue for a short-term bounce.
  — Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes, 6 July 2022
• The lonesome death of the iPod might seem long overdue.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2022
• And the Colts were more than overdue to win a season opener.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Dec. 2022
• Chapman’s Song of the Year win marks a long overdue milestone.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2024
• Haiti’s last elections were in 2016 and new ones are long overdue.
  — Jacqueline Charles and, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2024
• That's a rarity in this field and a change that has been long overdue.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 3 Mar. 2024
• Respect is the long-overdue biopic on the life of musical icon Aretha Franklin.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 19 Jan. 2023
• In line with these slimmer styles is the overdue return of the skinny and stovepipe.
  — Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2024
• If this is news to you, your dog may be overdue for an ear cleaning.
  — Jacob Livesay, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2022
• The time to put aside talk and put plans into action is long overdue.
  — Trenor Williams, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
• Getting back to the Olympics after 16 years is a nice — if long overdue — first step.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 24 July 2024
• All told, Mind Games was long overdue for a reappraisal.
  — Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
• The project is 10 years overdue and cost twice as much as expected.
  — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 11 July 2022
• Bey is clearly due, even overdue, for an album of the year win.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
• The city’s housing plan is already more than a year overdue.
  — Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
• Finally, the Queen of Pop makes a long overdue appearance in the top tier.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 9 June 2023
• In many regards, a team-up from Minaj and Swift is long overdue.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 21 Dec. 2023
• But for many, the new law, which went into effect March 28, was long overdue.
  — Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
• That left Moltenbrey to contact the retail giant for the overdue payment.
  — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 29 Apr. 2023
• That’s 142 years overdue, for those counting back to the day a laundry worker was killed.
  — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Apr. 2022
• The band is obviously way, way overdue to get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2022
• Some neighbors said the camp’s closure was long overdue.
  — Livia Albeck-Ripka, New York Times, 30 July 2023
• That’s what all the headlines are saying this year, and so many of your fans are saying this is long overdue.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022
• The kind of reckoning that’s happening in the hip-hop world is long overdue.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 13 Oct. 2024
• The vessel matched the description of the overdue mariner’s boat, officials said.
  — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2023
• Penalties and interest will still accrue on the overdue balance unless it is paid.
  — Elliot Raphaelson, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
• There are at least two major pieces of legislation that are long overdue for application.
  — Jonah Blank, Foreign Affairs, 27 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024