Sentence examples for being overly friendly from inspiring English sources

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I think she was being overly friendly but that was intimidating.

And a public relations war is raging as officials trade nasty barbs online and in the news media — including an exchange in which the two predominantly Muslim countries each accused the other of being overly friendly to gay people.

Being sociable and relaxed is a green light; talking or laughing loudly, being overly friendly or a bit sweary is considered yellow-light behaviour; falling over and spilling drinks comes into the red category.

(Emphasis on little here, you don't want to scare them off either by being overly friendly or, ahem, creepy).

"I think that you ought be able to send your child to school without having to worry about a teacher being overly friendly with them".

The board has withstood sharp political attacks in recent years, with Republicans and the business lobby accusing Obama-era board members of being overly friendly to labor unions at the expense of business owners.

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The people are definitely friendly and overly apologetic when the most minimal slight occurs.

"I think the editor was worried about offending me, and the staff were overly friendly.

Ms. Tarantal, who describes herself as "overly responsible," remembers that he was overly friendly and sauntered up to her at an on-campus party and said, "I'm going to kiss you tonight".

Today, we would call most of those people inflexible and consider their single-mindedness a recipe for unhappiness, just as we tend to suspect people who are overly friendly of being manipulative or insincere.

The year was 1900, and Ms. Skaylanski said a fortune teller had convinced her neighbor that the neighbor's husband was overly friendly with other women, among them one fitting Ms. Skaylanski's description.

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