Sentence examples for oversteps in from inspiring English sources

Now fabulously wealthy himself, Dantès is free to take elaborate revenge on Montego, who oversteps in business, cheats on his wife and runs people through for the fun of it.

The White House oversteps in proposing far-reaching exemptions from the Freedom of Information Act for the private companies that own much of the nation's industrial and information infrastructure.

He oversteps in his first meeting with April (Alison Pill), a fiercely independent architecture student with a problem that is literally unspeakable: she can't describe it to Paul in words, and writes it on a scrap of paper.

Presidents and other officials will be less likely to overstep if, in Posner-speak, they have to "buy" an exception to the customary rule by "paying the political price of breaking the law".

Smithers had overstepped in his provocation.

It's overstepped in the likes of Ashton.

But the Pakistan batsman was given a reprieve when replays showed that Broad had overstepped in his delivery stride.

Broad, though, had overstepped in his delivery stride and so Shoaib, playing his first Test in five years, was recalled.

THE development opened the door for critics who assert that federal authorities have overstepped in trying to fight corruption overseas.

He overstepped in 2004 when he published an op-ed article in The Washington Post six weeks before the election.

The industry says that parts of the regulations are arbitrary and that the agency overstepped in issuing them.