How to Use overzealous in a Sentence

overzealous

adjective

• Even with an overzealous slip, that knife won’t break skin.
  — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 28 July 2024
• This caused me to be a bit overzealous on the other, which wasn’t having it.
  — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 15 Oct. 2018
• Don’t be overzealous with them, as that can lead to sores, burns and scars, Farris warned.
  — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
• The greater risk lay not in covid-19 but in overzealous lockdowns to prevent its spread.
  — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2020
• But some overzealous fans have read a bit too far into the singer’s every move.
  — Luke Chinman, Peoplemag, 6 June 2024
• Some people dot their words with them, like an overzealous cook with a heavy hand on the salt shaker.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
• The swing and the overzealous approach showed that Torres was looking for something to pull.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2021
• That burnout, Williams says, comes from overzealous parents.
  — Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2023
• Their brows grew untouched and outside the reach of waxers’ overzealous hands.
  — Mattie Kahn, Town & Country, 9 Aug. 2022
• The man, perhaps to get this overzealous church lady to leave him be, finally accepts the socks and hands back the rest.
  — Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2024
• During the course of the trial, Showalter had portrayed Rankin as an overzealous deputy.
  — Uriel J. Garcia, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2020
• Unfortunately, this wasn't the first time that Finn has had to deal with overzealous fans.
  — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 3 Mar. 2020
• At first glance that seems like overzealous message board fan fiction.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2020
• Get it wrong and you get saddled with an $80 ticket from the city’s overzealous parking police.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2024
• But O’Brien said the case was not a sign of overzealous policing or prosecution.
  — Mick Dumke, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2020
• The molecule sits on the surface of all of the cells in the body, basically acting like an overzealous guard dog.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2023
• Oak Park native Randall Hoole is the director and plays Bernard, the male half of that overzealous couple.
  — Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 28 Mar. 2022
• Do what every overzealous booster has been trying to do for decades: Pay the players.
  — Kyle Whitmire, al, 5 Aug. 2020
• An overzealous meet official approached and tried to usher them off the track.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2022
• Charlie shot 16-over 86 in the first round, while dealing with overzealous fans and shaky security while on the course.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
• Don't make the mistake of being overzealous in your content schedule.
  — Joel Goobich, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
• For the record, 'stan' refers to being an overzealous fan of a particular person.
  — Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, 18 July 2019
• That, of course, is not the first time that an attorney has been publicly called out for overzealous behavior.
  — Dallas News, 16 May 2020
• Taylor then dropped in a blooper to center field that bounced past an overzealous Heredia.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2021
• Trump's campaign argues the VP nominee is doing fine and is the victim of overzealous Democrats and the media.
  — Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2024
• Stylists will advise you to avoid getting too overzealous with your scissors, but sometimes you're left with no choice.
  — Louryn Strampe, Wired, 19 Apr. 2020
• The overzealous Karun tags along on their critical mission.
  — NBC News, 12 Nov. 2021
• Some argue that the campaign has become overzealous and ill-mannered.
  — Vidhi Doshi, Washington Post, 26 June 2018
• As each comic went up to perform, the air cooled and laughter filled the street corner, drowning out the traffic and overzealous fireworks in the distance.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022
• Credit an overzealous network censor — who operates completely separate from the production team, and even the network’s specials execs.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024