Sentence examples for it would be overkill from inspiring English sources

But the designer, Lindon Leader, fought them on that — he thought it would be overkill.

It would be overkill.

It's a pretty good way of handling a controversial feature — but the key there is "feature" — it would be overkill for Facebook to do that for all of its privacy settings.

Nor should it; that would be overkill and very disruptive.

The book jacket includes a quote by author Luis Alberto Urrea praising Quinones as a "border legend". The phrase would be overkill if it weren't true.

The sweetness of the pears offsets the saltiness of the ham (use ordinary ham, as long as it is not too sweet; prosciutto or the like would be overkill), and the green beans add freshness and color.

With a bit of prying, he also mentioned that it will be replacing the Samsung Blackjack in AT&T's stable, which makes sense, as having both phones would be overkill.

That would be overkill.

But that would be overkill.

The accurate one would be overkill.

The editor seemed to think my complaint would be overkill.