How to Use over the limit in a Sentence

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• He's already missed 13 games, so just five more puts him over the limit.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Jan. 2024
• None of the paint choices adds to the price and there are no other options, so these won’t tip you over the limit.
  — James Morris, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
• Often the transaction that puts you over the limit will be declined.
  — Mia Taylor, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2022
• Drivers caught going 25 mph or more over the limit will get a court summons.
  — Tori Mason, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
• Hoffman was accused of driving 24 mph over the limit, records said.
  — arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2024
• State grant money, however, could push the district over the limit.
  — Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2024
• In other words, only income over the limit for each tax bracket gets taxed at the higher rates.
  — Clint Haynes, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024
• Drivers who go 16 to 20 mph over the limit will have to pay $115.
  — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Nov. 2025
• Khao Klong’s hair had only been a few centimeters over the limit, but even that was too much to allow.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
• Comcast notes that customers who go over the limit will receive a one-time credit waiving overage charges.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 19 Dec. 2021
• Crash data in recent years show a quarter of vehicles drive at least 15 mph over the limit.
  — Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2022
• These gifts too were held by the Cabinet Office for being over the limit.
  — Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
• More than a quarter of vehicles that passed the test camera were driving at least 15 mph over the limit.
  — Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com, 13 Dec. 2021
• For those speeding 26 mph or more over the limit, the minimum fine jumps to $100.
  — Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 18 Nov. 2025
• There are the drivers that are quite rusty and slovenly in being able to adroitly drive, mixed with drivers that are over the limit and should not be at the wheel.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 May 2021
• But the speed can go slightly over the limit to accelerate up a hill or merge onto a highway, for example.
  — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
• There was also an important balance between pushing to my limit each step of the way, but not pushing over the limit.
  — Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 23 Feb. 2025
• Buildings that fail to comply will face steep fines up to $268 per ton of CO2 over the limit.
  — Ali Hoss, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
• Yates would also put the Dodgers' roster over the limit of 40 players with a major-league contract.
  — Jon Paul Hoornstra, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
• About 9% were speeding, and only a few were significantly over the limit.
  — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 21 Dec. 2025
• Following the speed limit on a freeway even though others are driving 10 or 15 miles over the limit.
  — Dallas News, 2 Nov. 2022
• Many HOAs with higher fines may need to revise their schedule of fines to avoid imposing fines over the limit.
  — Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
• And almost all was over the limit subject to FICA anyway.
  — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
• Their income might rise unexpectedly during the year, for example, pushing them over the limit.
  — Julie Appleby, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
• Fines are issued for drivers around going 11 miles or more over the limit (so 36MPH).
  — Karri Peifer, Axios, 16 Aug. 2024
• Across many states, speeding 20 mph over the limit is punishable by a fine of several hundred dollars and points on your driver’s license.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
• More roster churn is expected with the Ducks projected to have 88 scholarship players in the fall — three over the limit.
  — oregonlive, 17 Apr. 2023
• In the city of Montgomery, for example, a driver caught speeding up to 15 miles over the limit will receive a $95 fine.
  — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Nov. 2025
• In Illinois, a study found the percentage of drivers who sped any amount over the limit in work zones decreased from about 40% to 8% near speed cameras.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Jan. 2022
• In a two-year span, the Suns went from one of the best cap situations in the NBA to $60 million over the limit.
  — Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025