Sentence examples for been excessive from inspiring English sources

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been excessive

adjective

Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.

  • "I personally consider putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute rather excessive, nay even stupid."

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"His D.L. stints have been excessive.

Some of the reaction to that law has been excessive.

(I agree that four reporters may have been excessive).

It would have been excessive if we killed 300".

But the last two years, the heat has been excessive.

Cut by half, they would still have been excessive.

He is right that Europe's austerity has been excessive.

However, the load would not have been excessive for a well-designed bridge, according to experts.

Some, in fact, say it is the perceived restraint that has been excessive.

Even before Crewe and Nantwich, the vilification of Gordon Brown has been excessive.

There has been excessive delay in building a bridge across West Street.

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