Sentence examples for a overly from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a overly" is not correct in written English.
The correct form would be "an overly" since "overly" begins with a vowel sound.
Example: "She was an overly cautious driver, always checking her mirrors."
Alternatives: "excessively" or "too much".

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The plan's not impossible, but the picture painted is a overly rosy and they lost credibility".

Using any protein with elevated levels as a therapeutic target may, in most cases, be a overly optimistic approach given the lack of progress in the recent past using such approaches.

So to avoid a overly skewed distribution of keys the number of current keys stored by each host is considered and hosts with fewer keys are preferred as replicas.

So to avoid a overly skewed distribution of keys the number of current keys stored by each host is considered and hosts with fewer keys are preferred as replicas.  .

And then, I heard a overly persuasive voice say, "Julie, jump out of your window.

Guy is 70+ yr old acting out in what was once the highest respected political position, as a overly insecure prepubescent child..

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To some, that's a problem, a sign of an overly settled mind.

Diversity-thinking is thus a two-way street, in which both extremes (i.e. an overly negative and an overly positive view of old age) should be avoided.

"Ambulascope" marries walking canes and a telescope to produce an overly technical-looking obelisk.

In a sense it's like an overly developed handwriting.

Another critic, Jamie Johnson, said the plan was an overly expensive solution to a terrible trash problem.

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