How to Use overshare in a Sentence

overshare

verb
  • Season three came and went, and Cox is still oversharing.
    Vulture, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The shady side of social media Over the years, most of us have willingly overshared.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Just to overshare, trying to pursue or nurture friendships is not a strong suit of mine.
    Alex Suskind, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Even after the fourth and final season came and went, Cox is still oversharing.
    Vulture, 15 July 2023
  • My advice: Take it slow, don’t overshare, and be honest with yourself at every step.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Cargill doesn’t think our tendency to overshare right now is a forever thing but rather a symptom of our shift into a new normal.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Cargill doesn’t think our tendency to overshare right now is a forever thing, but rather a symptom of our shift into a new normal.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Telling a story and using emotive language can help to drive customers to book with you, but be careful not to overshare and leave some things to the imagination.
    Oscar White, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The job site used to be a platform for sharing résumés, but it's recently turned into a place to share, and sometimes overshare, the details of users’ personal lives.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Keeping good boundaries with your friends and acquaintances could be hard for you now, as you might be tempted to overshare about something private to get a hit of attention in the moment.
    Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2022
  • Kat and Ciara seem close, though a lot of that is just Kat oversharing about her tumultuous relationship with her unseen boyfriend.
    Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Having a larger point, a useful meaning, helps class up what could otherwise look like oversharing.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Users will overshare the wrong data with the wrong people and retain access indefinitely.
    Yaki Faitelson, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Part of what has made McMahan, 35, so resonant with her mostly young, female audience is her willingness to strip down any pretense, to overshare in the name of giggles.
    Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2023
  • However, resist the temptation to overshare about yourself with them.
    Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2022
  • Skilled photographers know a bit of mystery can make an image that much more compelling–a contrast to what’s often overshared in pictures and video on social media.
    Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2023
  • There are also reminders to set rules for respecting privacy, avoiding oversharing and setting rules for who to talk to online.
    Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
  • With the following 12 sheer and semi-sheer layering pieces below, oversharing isn't a concern.
    Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Kids also may overshare with bad actors posing as online friends, Merryman said.
    Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 14 June 2022
  • Lieb said there is now more intense pressure for female celebrities to overshare in order to compete and satisfy audiences.
    Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Some of Palihapitiya’s friends suggested to me that his impulse to overshare may have roots in a desire to control narratives that none of us can easily direct.
    Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 31 May 2021
  • The cookbook author never shies away from oversharing with fans, building her social media presence on honesty and candor.
    Brittany Talarico, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
  • Charlie Puth is a study in contradictions: a habitually private person with a tendency to overshare, sometimes to the point of TMI.
    Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Remember how Kathy scolded Theresa multiple times last week for oversharing about her time with Gerry?
    EW.com, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Never post things that could hurt sentiments, and never overshare because this could result in people literally putting your stuff into archives!
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Note that for investments like cryptocurrencies, these protections do not apply, which is why there is greater risk involved. Don't overshare personal data.
    Becca Stanek, The Week, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The awkward social transition from kid to teenager is captured in this endearing moment of oversharing our personal history with total strangers.
    Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Now Barrett is among the first generation whose parents may have overshared private details on social media about their children, a group that lawmakers are now working to protect with privacy legislation.
    Jacqueline Yoo, ABC News, 6 July 2023
  • The breakroom culprits discovered others knew exactly who left dishes in the sink, messes in the microwave, sneaked off with others’ sandwiches, or overshared during speakerphone conversations.
    Lynne Curry | Alaska Workplace, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The ubiquity of social media – where people inflate their triumphs and occasionally overshare about their tragedies – has also inflated this tendency.
    Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 21 Sep. 2022

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