Sentence examples for overly driven from inspiring English sources

Alexander may be overly driven.

O'Neill's successor laughed at suggestions that he is overly driven and needlessly obsessive.

Mr. Astakhov, the children's rights commissioner, on Tuesday reiterated his criticism that international adoptions are overly driven by profit motives.

Shani Davis certainly does not seem overly driven by the prospect of money, or at least not enough to plaster on a fake smile when he feels like scowling.

In many instances, science suffers because people are overly driven and they unknowingly force the scientific process," Apergis-Schoute says.

"Too often, we have been overly driven by domestic politics, and overly focussed on extracting concessions from one another, rather than investing in one another's success and defining priorities that can bring clarity and common purpose to our action," said Mr McCain at a recent speech in Washington.

If it is centered on a charismatic individual or overly money driven, if they ask you to move or disassociate with nonbelievers, or if they advocate violent or unsafe behavior, then it may be a cult and you should be extra-careful about this decision.

At the same time, Mr. Gore declared Mr. Bush would shatter that confidence and said that the governor's tax-cut plan was "politically driven," overly generous to the wealthy and would drive the nation into inflation and recession.

Caan cited managers he has spoken to who don't want to hire highly-smart and driven people because they "are worried that someone overly-ambitious and driven is going to upset the equilibrium within the workplace.

For instance, its recruiting efforts have been made more difficult by the strong perception among blacks that police tactics in the city are overly aggressive and racially driven.

Two months after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced the nation's plan to scale back federal prison sentences for low-level drug crimes, California is still struggling for consensus on how to comply with a federal mandate to reduce prison overcrowding, much of which has been driven by overly harsh drug sentencing.