How to Use overreact in a Sentence

overreact

verb

• Some folks will overreact and swear off the whole thing.
  — Shane Snow, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
• The best reaction to a Week 1 win is not to overreact to a Week 1 win.
  — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2023
• So, even as the media fans the flames to white heat, the data thus far is telling us not to overreact.
  — Vasant Dhar, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2023
• While the loss looks bad on paper for Texas, there is no need for Longhorn fans to overreact.
  — Dallas News, 12 Feb. 2022
• Don’t overreact, Dodgers fans, the season’s still young.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2022
• Often what triggers a person to overreact is not the source of the problem.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
• Pay attention to what’s going on, don’t overreact and look for the drag-free drift.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Oct. 2021
• There’s no reason to be scared of cicadas and no need to overreact, say experts who spend lots of time with them.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
• In that case, your body might overreact and pump out lots of (and sometimes too much) protective melanin.
  — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 18 Oct. 2024
• But if, in a month’s time, Israel is seen as overreacting?
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 16 Oct. 2023
• This digital monster that has taught the culture how to overreact and fly off the handle needs to be tamed.
  — Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2021
• Capturing such a long stretch of time makes sure the research doesn’t overreact to short-term ups and downs of the market, McClure and Schwartz argue.
  — Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 26 June 2024
• Don’t overreact if someone decides to make a change that leaves you questioning what to do next.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2024
• Don’t mean to overreact here, spilling into eulogy mode, writing in the past tense.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Feb. 2022
• And some who hear that rhetoric may overreact, or even respond with violence.
  — Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer, ajc, 3 Mar. 2023
• McNally said his advice to Biden would be not to overreact to rising prices.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 18 Jan. 2022
• That said, the market has severely overreacted to the Paul George injury news.
  — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023
• Obviously, college football fans tend to overreact when a teenage kid has a change of heart.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 14 Sep. 2022
• If that’s the case, don’t overreact to Braun pretty much treated like a starter in Malone’s rotations Friday.
  — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2024
• Watch for overreacting as the Aries moon aggravates Mars.
  — USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023
• For some people, breathing in pollen can cause their immune system to overreact.
  — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2024
• Preseason games mean there will be no shortage of overreacting to a fourth-string running back or declaring that your team is back.
  — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
• In fitting with his unruffled demeanor, Villanueva did not want to overreact to the festive atmosphere at the end of the Chiefs game.
  — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 24 Sep. 2021
• High levels of the protein can lead the immune system to overreact, which can cause pain, swelling and fatigue, some of the very symptoms common to patients with long Lyme.
  — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 1 Sep. 2023
• Scientists posit that germs train a child’s immune system not to overreact.
  — Allysia Finley, WSJ, 26 Nov. 2023
• This is not a time to panic or overreact, but bear in mind that the chances of cyberattacks on America have never been higher than right now.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2022
• When that happens, Hepp says, people shouldn't overreact.
  — Lance Lambert, Fortune, 18 Mar. 2023
• No one in the Dallas organization is foolish enough to overreact to one game.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2023
• Others didn't see a need to overreact, and thought that his social media changes really didn't mean anything.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 7 Feb. 2022
• There’s an argument for not overreacting to consumer shifts, but not one for ignorance.
  — Shayan Hamidi, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024