Sentence examples for were overstepped 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. *
With Russia, the case tilts to a hidden response because the two countries have experience in covertly signaling each another (during the Cold War) when bounds looked as if they were overstepped.
Yet my father wouldn't confess because he knew his actions were overstepping my boundaries.
When fellow Republicans who control the Legislature pushed for the cash, he said they were overstepping their reach into his executive powers.
Mr. Perales called national security "a smokescreen" behind which state officials were overstepping their statutory authority: to issue licenses on proof of identity, birth date and driving ability.
When he mentioned that he had liked something in The New Yorker, he did so shyly, reluctantly, as if he were overstepping.
It's overstepped in the likes of Ashton.
But when a line is overstepped, conflicts begin.
Now, with his latest gambit, he's overstepped the bounds of credibility.
Three of the boundaries - climate change, biological diversity and nitrogen input - have already been overstepped.
Consequently, in almost all circumstances in which argumentation can be developed, there are limits that are not to be overstepped.
But once it became clear a mark had been overstepped, we had to take clear and decisive action".
