Sentence examples for to overact from inspiring English sources
verb
To act in an exaggerated manner.
The tendency to overact is one against which she struggles.
"I have a tendency to overact," he said.
Correspondingly he had a slight tendency to overact.
Pavlova in particular is asked to overact, and not only because she is in a silent.
Tena is the more impressive because she plays a character easier to overact than to perform.
But the singers had a tendency to overact and slip into comic opera shtick.
Instead he tackles the themes of power and betrayal in old-fashioned declamatory language that lends itself to overacting.
To satirize overacting is easy.
It's not easy to define overacting.
So it probably wasn't necessary for papa to preach, overacting the role of weary parent watching the irresponsible kids make their mistakes.
The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is thought to be overacting in patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) reflecting an enhanced action monitoring system.
