Sentence examples for were overstepping 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. *
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.
Mrs May refused to accept complaints that politicians were overstepping the line after the head of Scotland Yard attacked "extremely hurtful and untrue" claims that police had been timid.
And he reiterated the government's charge that the American and European forces were overstepping mandates from the United Nations and NATO by providing close air support to the rebels instead of merely establishing a no-fly zone or protecting civilians.
Maybe I was overstepping?
"He was overstepping the mark".
Universities are overstepping their boundaries.
But would I be overstepping my bounds?
