How to Use overdraw in a Sentence
overdraw
verb- She overdrew her account by $100.
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They are also used to overdraw lips or as a shading tool to make lips appear larger and fuller.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2024
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Go literal with the phrase cat eye and overdraw your lower lash line to mimic the look of a bright-eyed kitten.
—Michella Oré, Glamour, 19 Oct. 2020
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Aquifers are being overdrawn faster than they can be replenished, leading to long-term depletion.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Sep. 2024
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As noted above, any debit card merchant transactions that could overdraw your account would be denied.
—Margarette Burnette, chicagotribune.com, 10 Oct. 2019
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Don't be afraid to overdraw your lips — that exaggerated silhouette is part of the appeal.
—Hannah Morrill, Allure, 16 Feb. 2018
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The Spot Me product lets Chime customers overdraw on their accounts with no overdraft fees.
—Ron Shevlin, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
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Unexpected bills can result in overdraft fees of about $25 each time an account is overdrawn.
—Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2024
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For customers not enrolled in the service, transactions that would overdraw their account will be declined without a fee.
—Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 2 Dec. 2021
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The overdraft fees would be waived as long as the account balance on that next day is overdrawn by less than $5 after posting all transactions.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2017
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Several big banks this year have ditched overdraft fees—flat fees, often around $30, that banks charge when customers overdraw their accounts.
—Kristin Broughton, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2021
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But Voyager 2's instrument snafu caused the probe to overdraw on its available power.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 29 Jan. 2020
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Huntington's consumer or business customers who overdraw their accounts by $50 or less will not see an overdraft fee.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2021
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This will provide a threshold of funds without the need to overdraw from personal savings or obtain personal loans from others or banks.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 22 June 2021
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For bank customers not enrolled, transactions that would overdraw their account will be declined, with no fees assessed, the company said.
—Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2021
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Banks could also provide small lines of credit to allow customers to overdraw their accounts, a service that would operate like a credit card.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2024
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The dormant account fee is equivalent to the account balance or $10, whichever is less, but the fee will not overdraw your account.
—Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2025
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But during dry years, more water is pumped out of the ground than is put back in by precipitation—and the recent drought has overdrawn the groundwater account.
—Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 14 Feb. 2017
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Roughly a third of all payday loans are now issued online, and almost half of borrowers who have taken out online loans have had lenders overdraw their bank accounts.
—Matthew Desmond, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
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Overdraft fees are charged by banks and credit unions that temporarily cover a transaction when consumers overdraw their accounts.
—The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2024
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Kyle Richards will do her best face emoji impressions, Linna will overdraw her lip, and Dorit will be loquacious.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2021
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And Cheadle’s power was shut off in November, requiring her to overdraw her checking account to pay for it.
—Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
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Be aware that without it, your bank will decline transactions that overdraw your account, instead of allowing them and then charging you a substantial fee.
—Ann Carrns, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2016
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Currently, Chase charges a $34 overdraft fee per transaction that overdraws an account by more than $50 (up to three per day).
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024
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For a typical fee of $34 per overdraft, banks allow customers to overdraw accounts to cover a transaction and to pay back the amount with the next deposit.
—Yuka Hayashi, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2017
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And although the comparison is in many ways overdrawn, the frequency with which it is voiced speaks to the Polish public’s sense of the historic weight of the present moment.
—Marta Figlerowicz, Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2020
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Authorities have said Taylor Bean overdrew its account at Colonial for years to cover its own cash shortfalls.
—Michael Rapoport, WSJ, 3 July 2018
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And yet, that’s the average fee the country’s largest banks charge customers who overdraw their accounts, according to a NerdWallet study.
—Margarette Burnette, chicagotribune.com, 10 Oct. 2019
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Chime doesn’t charge account fees or require minimum balances and lets customers who directly deposit their paycheck have early access to those funds and overdraw up to $200.
—Peter Rudegeair, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2021
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Less than three years after being fitted for a Super Bowl ring, the Bucs were spectacularly overdrawn on the salary cap in 2023.
—John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2024
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