How to Use overextend in a Sentence

overextend

verb

• He overextended a muscle in his arm.
• Squeeze glutes at the top and draw abs in to avoid overextending the spine.
  — Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 4 Aug. 2023
• Keep your chin tucked in and don't overextend your neck.
  — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2020
• Be careful not to overextend your low back at the top of each hip lift.
  — Jon-Erik Kawamoto, Outside Online, 7 Apr. 2020
• Think of pushing off with the back foot rather than overextending the lead foot.
  — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 29 July 2024
• And not to overextend the post to climate change, but a) weather is not climate...
  — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2012
• The risk, of course, is overextending and opening driving lanes to the basket.
  — Mark Zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 Dec. 2017
• Like the cactus, don’t overextend yourself in good times.
  — Allen Buchanan, Orange County Register, 28 Sep. 2024
• Don't bend at the hip, or overextend your upper body to lift snow out of the way — that's the surest way to strain lower back muscles.
  — Cincinnati.com, 12 Jan. 2018
• Will overextend for the big blow and struggles to gather himself again.
  — USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2021
• Keep a neutral spine throughout the movement, and be mindful to not overextend your back at the peak of the swing or squat too low on the return.
  — Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2019
• If a club overextends itself to the point of bankruptcy, then there is a time when the financial last rites have to be read.
  — Jonathan Wilson, SI.com, 27 Aug. 2019
• Do not overextend your finances to build your business.
  — Melissa Houston, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021
• Some are still teens; others have grown up and left home but still feel over-involved and overextended.
  — Sarah Sloat, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2023
• So, in a bid to make things right, entrepreneurs can lose sight of what’s important and overextend themselves.
  — Pascal Bachmann, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
• So, this is not a time to overextend ourselves -- we are exhausted just from processing the last two years!
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 21 Nov. 2021
• The Giants will continue to monitor him and plan not to overextend him.
  — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 7 Sep. 2020
• Your abundant gratitude may have led you to overextend your thanks.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 Feb. 2022
• As winter approaches, Kyiv must take care not to overextend its forces.
  — Simon Shuster, Time, 26 Sep. 2022
• Many studios went on hiring sprees during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, and overextended in the process.
  — Brian Merchant, WIRED, 23 July 2024
• The satire of bourgeois affluence can seem glib and overextended.
  — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2018
• But defensively, the Pacers have not tried to overextend him.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Apr. 2023
• The best way to beat a defense that’s overextending and jumping passing lanes is with backdoor cuts and using flare slips by the screen setters.
  — J. Michael, Indianapolis Star, 22 Apr. 2018
• Though the show is way overextended, patrons can watch while sitting at the bar or, better yet, dining at a table.
  — New York Times, 27 Jan. 2020
• Hsu added that if consumers aren’t careful with the products they can get overextended and that can lead to loan delinquencies.
  — Paige Smith, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2023
• Your wildcard energy is a lot of fun, but be cautious not to overextend yourself.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 28 Dec. 2020
• This cohort of consumers were younger when the pandemic first hit, and may have overextended during that time.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2024
• Also, be mindful of your bankroll, trying not to overextend yourself.
  — Charles Curtis, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2017
• When uncertainty sets in, step back, ask questions and be cautious not to overextend yourself.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2024
• Though the conflict underlined the perils of overextending one’s empire, Bang was forging ahead.
  — Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024