How to Use overdraw in a Sentence

overdraw

verb
  • She overdrew her account by $100.
  • Go literal with the phrase cat eye and overdraw your lower lash line to mimic the look of a bright-eyed kitten.
    Michella Oré, Glamour, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Track your bank balance and you will never be overdrawn or surprised.
    WSJ, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The Spot Me product lets Chime customers overdraw on their accounts with no overdraft fees.
    Ron Shevlin, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Making money might be a goal of yours at the moment, but impulsive risks could tempt you to overdraw your bank account.
    Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2022
  • The overdraft fees would be waived as long as the account balance on that next day is overdrawn by less than $5 after posting all transactions.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2017
  • The Finn by Chase app, however, doesn't allow customers to overdraw, which helps them avoid costly overdraft fees.
    Adam Shell, USA TODAY, 28 June 2018
  • Consumers with an average balance of at least $400 who haven’t overdrawn in the prior three months would likely get a boost, FICO said.
    Annamaria Andriotis, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2018
  • For a typical fee of $34 per overdraft, banks allow customers to overdraw accounts to cover a transaction and to pay back the amount with the next deposit.
    Yuka Hayashi, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2017
  • Kyle Richards will do her best face emoji impressions, Linna will overdraw her lip, and Dorit will be loquacious.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Don't be afraid to overdraw your lips — that exaggerated silhouette is part of the appeal.
    Hannah Morrill, Allure, 16 Feb. 2018
  • But during dry years, more water is pumped out of the ground than is put back in by precipitation—and the recent drought has overdrawn the groundwater account.
    Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 14 Feb. 2017
  • But during dry years, more water is pumped out of the ground than is put back in by precipitation—and the recent drought has overdrawn the groundwater account.
    Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 14 Feb. 2017
  • Several big banks this year have ditched overdraft fees—flat fees, often around $30, that banks charge when customers overdraw their accounts.
    Kristin Broughton, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2021
  • And yet, that’s the average fee the country’s largest banks charge customers who overdraw their accounts, according to a NerdWallet study.
    Margarette Burnette, chicagotribune.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • But Voyager 2's instrument snafu caused the probe to overdraw on its available power.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Unexpected bills can result in overdraft fees of about $25 each time an account is overdrawn.
    Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2024
  • For customers not enrolled in the service, transactions that would overdraw their account will be declined without a fee.
    Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 2 Dec. 2021
  • And Cheadle’s power was shut off in November, requiring her to overdraw her checking account to pay for it.
    Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
  • TD Bank announced Tuesday that its customers will be able to overdraw their accounts by up to $50 before incurring an overdraft fee.
    Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Huntington's consumer or business customers who overdraw their accounts by $50 or less will not see an overdraft fee.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2021
  • This will provide a threshold of funds without the need to overdraw from personal savings or obtain personal loans from others or banks.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 22 June 2021
  • Banks could also provide small lines of credit to allow customers to overdraw their accounts, a service that would operate like a credit card.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2024
  • For bank customers not enrolled, transactions that would overdraw their account will be declined, with no fees assessed, the company said.
    Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Roughly a third of all payday loans are now issued online, and almost half of borrowers who have taken out online loans have had lenders overdraw their bank accounts.
    Matthew Desmond, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • As noted above, any debit card merchant transactions that could overdraw your account would be denied.
    Margarette Burnette, chicagotribune.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Authorities have said Taylor Bean overdrew its account at Colonial for years to cover its own cash shortfalls.
    Michael Rapoport, WSJ, 3 July 2018
  • Be aware that without it, your bank will decline transactions that overdraw your account, instead of allowing them and then charging you a substantial fee.
    Ann Carrns, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2016
  • Chime doesn’t charge account fees or require minimum balances and lets customers who directly deposit their paycheck have early access to those funds and overdraw up to $200.
    Peter Rudegeair, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Overdraft fees are charged by banks and credit unions that temporarily cover a transaction when consumers overdraw their accounts.
    The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2024

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