How to Use overanalyze in a Sentence

overanalyze

verb
  • Van Pelt urged him not to overanalyze the misses and to keep forging ahead.
    Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2020
  • In the past, we’ve been known to get tunnel vision and overanalyze things.
    Thomas Smith, Billboard, 7 Feb. 2025
  • But in the spirit of the tradition of the French decorative arts, the point is not to overanalyze -- and enjoy the show.
    CNN, 30 Dec. 2021
  • A lot of mundane daily work that, for the good of the league and sometimes to the detriment of its players, gets overanalyzed each August.
    Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
  • But that hasn’t stopped her fans from overanalyzing the song choices.
    Abigail Covington, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Our instinct to overanalyze every move of the world's most famous couple was not in vain.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 7 July 2022
  • The Art and Science of Mom, urges parents not to overanalyze their children’s pandemic-era play.
    Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2021
  • At the national scouting combine, which starts next week, the skill sets of the quarterbacks will be overanalyzed, as usual.
    Dallas News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • But with Mars retrograde in your friendship sector, some social dynamics may feel strained — don’t overanalyze, just take it one step at a time.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, refinery29.com, 26 Dec. 2024
  • With a Virgo pair, there might be a tendency to overanalyze challenges within the relationship, says Lang.
    Naydeline Mejia, Women's Health, 3 Mar. 2023
  • After the bonfire, the couples overanalyze their clips with the singles, who seem to only exist to help these people unpack their relationships.
    Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
  • This gave us time to overanalyze the main characters’ equipment decisions.
    The Editors, Outside Online, 23 Aug. 2022
  • One of her main suggestions is that families avoid overanalyzing during the process and figure out their main priorities ahead of time.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • For Armas, the game plan centers more on what his own team is trying to do than overanalyzing a relatively unknown opponent.
    Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Be present: Appreciate the present experience to avoid worrying about the future or overanalyzing the past.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 17 Aug. 2023
  • With still a month to go before the July 22 release of Jordan Peele’s Nope, every new clip is an opportunity to overanalyze for hints about the auteur’s cryptic upcoming feature.
    Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2022
  • That’s not a natural tendency for many, particularly type-A perfectionists who tend to look for warts and overanalyze the failures.
    Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Now, Spoelstra will spend his summer overanalyzing every little detail to try to solve this confounding onslaught.
    Jared Weiss, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Instead of tuning into your experience with someone, you’re likely caught up in your head, overanalyzing every message, delayed reply or tone of voice.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
  • Consider that a lesson for the current Buckeyes, who have been overanalyzed and overreacted to after a three-week stretch that could be considered their unofficial preseason slate.
    Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Trump’s calls for protest, combined with the American media’s feverish obsession with the horse race, has led to a surreal situation in which the extent of the violence that greets his arrest will almost certainly be overanalyzed in electoral terms.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Though Biden quickly corrected himself, these gaffes will be overanalyzed because of his disastrous debate performance on June 27.
    Candy Woodall, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2024
  • Musk dismissed the controversy, urging people not to overanalyze his actions.
    Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Many fall into the trap of overanalyzing the orbiting behavior, desperately seeking clues about the other person's feelings; however, this often ends up being a waste of time and energy.
    USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Instead, pick another vendor and don’t overanalyze the decision.
    Eric Allais, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Here, the cinematic parallels are even stronger, as Barbie’s script winkingly encourages us not to overanalyze the concept, which is exactly how Nolan has managed to vanquish our disbelief in things like dream-hacking and time inversion.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2023
  • In other words, the version of you that overgave, overanalyzed or stayed too long out of obligation can’t come to the phone right now.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Yorgos doesn’t want to overanalyze.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Besides, this is not the time to overanalyze Crow-Armstrong’s swing.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Leaders can be quick to dismiss or overanalyze ideas.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

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