Sentence examples for seemed overkill from inspiring English sources

I said it seemed overkill, plus it was quite expensive.

Irish chef Denis Cotter, who favours a similar mix, writes in his book Wild Garlic, Gooseberries … and Me, that "the three different sugars … might seem overkill.

Sending the whole user directory environment seems overkill, but a suggestion here would be to use URL syntax for reading wave files so any remote chuck could fetch using libcurl or ssh) That would work for all of the above situations.

The $35 for the QuikPod Pro+ Precision seems overkill: the level just isn't worth it.

If there are instances where there are monopolies, it would seem overkill to have an entire federal agency dedicated to ex ante regulation of their services".

Using such a complex jet in Syria may seem overkill, especially because it doesn't have some of the air-to-surface weapons carried by the Tornado.

"A car seemed like overkill," Ms. Tuxen-Bettman said.

So much fertilizer seemed like overkill for my pot of hardy chives.

Occasionally, their efforts clearly seemed like overkill to some of the people they encountered.

It seemed like overkill at the time, but that small amount of forethought really helped.

I would have asked for both, but that seemed like overkill, especially considering what came toward the end of the flight: warm cookies and cold milk.