Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overacting
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Swift said, miming Jason holding up his beer can.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
14 Aug. 2025 -
Harris told me, miming fireworks.—
Nancy Walecki,
The Atlantic,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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With only a tiny tax-credit ESA program, Missouri has lagged behind other red states in enacting robust school-choice policies.—
Kerry McDonald,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Little wonder authoritarian states were spurred by the Arab Spring into enacting draconian internet controls.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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His brittle mum Heather (a heartbreaking and frustrating Shirley Henderson) is barely holding things together as is, and then John starts, well, acting out?—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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Despite their language barrier, Costner did his best to talk to the tribe about buffalo, acting out how the animal would behave.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Using an ice chamber, the team froze mixtures of water, carbon dioxide, methane and ammonia to a bone-chilling –420 degrees Fahrenheit (-253 degrees Celsius), mimicking frigid conditions near the moon's surface.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The future of marketing for SMBs doesn’t lie in mimicking enterprise strategies.—
Ashot Barseghyan,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The clarinet and piano played musical lines imitating birds.—
Rebecca Coffey,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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In the image, the president is also backdropped by a city beach covered with fire and smoke, seemingly imitating an active war zone.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Overacting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overacting. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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