Sentence examples for the overstep from inspiring English sources
verb
To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
- That color scheme really oversteps the bounds of good taste. *
Vertical displacements on normal faults decrease as the overstep and length of overlapping zones increase; both, in turn, are proportional to the total lengths of the faults forming the pair.
Therefore, the reaction entropy for the garnet-forming reaction is required to estimate the overstepping of Gibbs free energy at constant pressure and bulk composition.
The Chinese government felt burned by the overstepping of the parameters set out in the resolution, and has vetoed similar resolutions for intervention in Syria.
The ΔG r is calculated as follows: varDelta {G}_r = varDelta {S}_rvarDelta T, (15 where ΔT is the temperature overstep from the equilibrium temperature.
Charlie Porter is the men's fashion critic of the 'Financial Times' Overstepping the mark by Alexander Fury I hate sandals.
From the extent of supersaturation, the calculated overstep of Gibbs free energy from equilibrium is 0.9 27 kJ per mole of garnet (12 oxygen atoms), and the temperature overstep is 1.7 50 °C.
"Nothing in the letter oversteps the mark.
Some legal experts agree, saying the law oversteps the bounds of state authority.
The bowler cannot overstep the foul line during his approach or his shot won't count.
"We rely on the discretion of the D.A. not to overstep the boundaries.
Did the board overstep its authority?
