Sentence examples for it was overly from inspiring English sources
On a cover of Tom Waits's "Long Way Home," the group tried its most complex three-part harmony, though it was overly tentative, as if the band members weren't sure where to place all the voices at once.
More recently, the Conservative government made changes to its prostitution bill after concerns were raised that it was overly broad.
Sherwood's efforts to make religion more palatable through children's fiction were not always regarded favorably by the entire evangelical community; The Evangelical Magazine harshly reviewed her Stories Explanatory of the Church Catechism (1817), complaining that it was overly reliant on exciting fictional tales to convey its religious message.
To me, it was overly sweet.
"I wouldn't say it was overly disorderly or filthy.
He used very strong language, saying it was overly burdensome.
"It was overly complicated so nobody really understood how it worked, candidly.
It was boring not because it was insufficiently "literary" but because it was overly "literary".
"It was overly successful," Greg Helseth, renewable-energy project manager in the bureau's Las Vegas office, said.
