How to Use overexpose in a Sentence

overexpose

verb
  • It is harmful to overexpose your skin to the sun's rays.
  • He has been overexposed by the media.
  • The best way to kill the magic of the show is to overexpose it.
    The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2017
  • If none of this enables you to sleep at night, you may be overexposed to stocks.
    Jason Zweig, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2018
  • The first sign of its occurrence was a blinding light that caused the camera to overexpose the scene.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 7 July 2022
  • The photos are overexposed, the typefaces are old-fashioned, and many of the colors would have looked at home in a 1970s kitchen.
    Ann Abel, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
  • William and Kate won't want to overexpose their children.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 May 2018
  • William and Kate won't want to overexpose their children.
    Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 2 May 2018
  • William and Kate won't want to overexpose their children.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 May 2018
  • William and Kate won't want to overexpose their children.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 May 2018
  • William and Kate won't want to overexpose their children.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 May 2018
  • William and Kate won't want to overexpose their children.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 May 2018
  • His shirt cuffs are overexposed from the blazer sleeve, and the point collar is too floppy.
    Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2023
  • As a millennial, I was overexposed to neon tinted green at the height of the Y2K era.
    Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 19 July 2024
  • The shot shows Neptune (overexposed in the middle) as well as its frozen moon Triton.
    Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
  • UConn probably won’t need to overexpose its team to buy games.
    Ralph D. Russo, courant.com, 26 June 2019
  • UConn probably won't need to overexpose its team to buy games.
    Ralph D. Russo, baltimoresun.com, 25 June 2019
  • Equal weight indexes own the same amount of all stocks and so are not overexposed to market highfliers.
    Norm Alster, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2018
  • While some parts of Sicily feel overexposed, there’s still treasure to be found in Noto.
    Jeffrey Gettleman, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2024
  • The Astros still have the bullpen advantage, with their big arms not yet being overexposed.
    Skip Snow, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 27 Oct. 2019
  • But there had been no time to perfect X-ray safety practices for the field, so many X-ray workers were overexposed.
    Timothy J. Jorgensen, Smithsonian, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The burst of light hitting the rough mountainside and snowy peak is nice without being overexposed.
    Katie G. Cotterill, The Seattle Times, 2 Aug. 2017
  • Tucker is a free agent after next season and the team doesn’t want to overexpose Yordan Alvarez to left field.
    Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
  • Stafford has taken a whopping 12 sacks the last two weeks, and the Lions don't want to overexpose him to opposing pass rushers.
    Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2017
  • The water combined with the sun can cause the camera, especially on an iPhone, to overexpose.
    Cara Owsley, Cincinnati.com, 25 Feb. 2018
  • There are a lot of ingredients that affect women more than men, and you can get overexposed to them.
    Suzanne S. Brown, The Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2017
  • But Silvergate went all in on crypto, and left itself overexposed in the crash that began last year.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Even if something does generate buzz around the film, there’s the danger of the movie getting overexposed too early.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2023
  • But if it is allowed to fade into irrelevance, or overexposed to the point of consumer indifference, the steep costs may not be worth it.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Sometimes the images are overexposed; other times, they’re oversaturated or the skin tone is weird.
    Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024

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