How to Use overshoot in a Sentence

overshoot

verb

• The plane overshot the runway.
• Sometimes we overshoot our time limits.
• Coming in amid strong winds and heavy rain, the plane overshot the runway.
  — Zeynep Bilginsoy, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Feb. 2020
• Wentz overshot Jeffery in the end zone in the first quarter and tight end Brent Celek just short of the goal line in the fourth.
  — Jeff McLane, Philly.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• Ziegler overshoots the sweet spot where her play should have ended.
  — F. Kathleen Foley, latimes.com, 26 Jan. 2018
• What if the U.S. stayed in the agreement but greatly overshot its emissions goal?
  — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 31 May 2017
• To value investors, such a move smacks of a market that has overshot to the downside.
  — Robert Burgess, latimes.com, 18 May 2018
• The Fed would need to keep rates low, even as inflation overshot its target.
  — Justin Wolfers, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2017
• One of the parachuters badly overshot the field and ended up face-planting into the wall behind the endzone.
  — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 16 Sep. 2017
• Richardson overshot his target on 65-yard throws by a step.
  — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
• The plan was for the 55-pound satellite to overshoot the moon before falling back into the new lunar orbit on Nov. 13.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 6 July 2022
• Heath pulled off his hat, ruffled his hair and spun around as Mao, an 18-year-old from John’s Creek, Ga., overshot a birdie putt by just inches.
  — Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 2 Aug. 2019
• After completing his first six passes of the night, Nix overshot Eli Stove on a deep ball downfield on the Tigers’ final drive of the first half.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 19 Sep. 2019
• The question is whether the slowdown in the economy’s growth will overshoot and become a recession.
  — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
• The second-place Cougars have overshot their preseason projection in the Pac-12 race (10th) by a whopping eight spots.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
• Nick Viall may have overshot his budget on a push present for fiancée Natalie Joy.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
• The Wolverines were fortunate a few times through the air, as Hayden Moore overshot some open targets and had one perfect deep throw dropped inside the red zone.
  — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2017
• Heath said reaction to the loss overshot the actual impact.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 7 Mar. 2017
• Kizer stepped up in the pocket and fired their way, overshooting everybody.
  — cleveland.com, 20 Sep. 2017
• But testers hated overshooting a destination and then turning around, into the wind, at one-fourth the speed.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 30 Aug. 2019
• After two runs that went nowhere, Simpson overshot Niblack in the endzone as Reichard makes up for his earlier miss.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 22 Apr. 2023
• China watchers say the worry is its efforts have overshot.
  — Chao Deng, WSJ, 26 July 2018
• This isn't the only lesson Mindhunter fails to land on, though with this next point, the problem is that the first season overshot its mark rather than underperformed.
  — Paige S. Allen, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Oct. 2017
• Unfortunately for the Colts, Pascal airmailed the throw, overshooting a wide open Hines by at least three or four yards.
  — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 20 Oct. 2019
• Instead, the new-look ECB will pursue inflation of 2% in the medium term, and officials will have room to overshoot the target if needed.
  — Charles Riley, CNN, 22 July 2021
• But the picture could change rapidly if central bankers overshoot in their zeal to control inflation.
  — Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ, 16 June 2022
• Schultz was intending the pass for Colin Vieth but overshot his outstretched hand.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2023
• Some raised the possibility the Fed could overshoot the mark and raise rates too high, which could trigger an economic downturn.
  — David Harrison, WSJ, 7 June 2018
• The car must be precisely in its box to avoid a penalty, with teams repositioning the cars before starting their work to avoid penalties if the driver overshoots the box.
  — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 12 June 2023
• This has been especially true of the financial sector in recent years, as reactions to the financial crisis overshot the mark.
  — John Paulson, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024