How to Use overpay in a Sentence

overpay

verb

• The Bengals would have to pay him, maybe overpay him, to land him.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2021
• The Patriots will still have to overpay for any of the top guys.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2021
• Those who were overpaid will have to work out a plan to repay the money.
  — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2023
• Don’t overpay for something that is more hype than help.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2024
• The Padres overpaid for Boras client Eric Hosmer to the tune of eight years and $144 million.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
• The amount [that taxpayers overpay] that goes over the set amount, known as recapture, spills over and goes to Austin.
  — By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner, 15 July 2023
• In other words, everyone’s waiting to see where the gavels fall, who overpaid, and who got away with the steal of the summer.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 15 July 2023
• The Jazz were asking too much for Donovan Mitchell and found someone willing to overpay.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2022
• See the pics here, and please note that Chilli, like all of us, can't get on a plane without overpaying for something at Hudson News.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 1 Mar. 2023
• The men allegedly overpaid contracts using a slush fund to conceal the bribes.
  — Luke Barr, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2024
• But over time changes to life circumstances—combined with changes to the U.S. tax code—lead many Americans to overpay.
  — E. Napoletano, wsj.com, 22 Dec. 2023
• The free agency class hasn’t been very good in need areas, and Bendix didn’t want to overpay, especially on deals longer than one year.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
• Perhaps the Warriors would even be willing to overpay for Oubre — say, somewhere in the $15 million range — just to bring him back as an asset.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 May 2021
• Berry won’t want to overpay for this spot, so one of the top college prospects remains a strong possibility.
  — cleveland, 14 Mar. 2022
• No team would bat an eye overpaying Patrick Mahomes or Josh Allen $200 million.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023
• The agency said consumers are overpaying $543 million in fees each year.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024
• Did our government return the money to those who overpaid?
  — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 5 Jan. 2024
• The filing also pushed back on allegations that Wade was overpaid for his work, a key part of Roman's claims.
  — Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2024
• Over a half dozen real estate experts told The Bee the city almost certainly overpaid for the building.
  — Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2024
• Guess the league’s TV suitors are just happy to overpay for national broadcast rights.
  — Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 15 June 2024
• The signal: Musk had vastly overpaid for Twitter, and its earnings outlook looked a lot weaker than in late 2022.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2023
• But to make that happen, Golden State would have to overpay him — perhaps in the $15 million range — and find another team willing to give him such a salary.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 July 2021
• Sweeney was promoted from triple-A on Aug. 16 to fill in for the hugely disappointing and overpaid Javier Báez, who is out for the season with a hip injury.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
• But one fund manager who owns Berkshire Hathaway stock thinks Buffett is smart to not overpay for deals.
  — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 9 Aug. 2021
• Nothing cripples a team faster than overpaying for a quarterback who doesn’t move the needle.
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Feb. 2023
• Why overpay an aging Rajon Rondo when Dennis Schröder could be had for a modest price?
  — oregonlive, 21 Jan. 2021
• Golden State could massively overpay Oubre — perhaps north of $20 million a year — just to entice him into a sign-and-trade.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2021
• The scam comes at a time when more than 1.8 million Michigan residents were told they were overpaid benefits in the pandemic and owe the money back.
  — Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2023
• The problem was that CVS overpaid for those companies, putting pressure on its own business to deliver.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
• The bottom line, according to the inspector general, is that the Air Force overpaid nearly $1 million for a dozen different types of spare parts.
  — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024