How to Use overextend in a Sentence

overextend

verb

• He overextended a muscle in his arm.
• Be careful not to overextend your low back at the top of each hip lift.
  — Jon-Erik Kawamoto, Outside Online, 7 Apr. 2020
• Squeeze glutes at the top and draw abs in to avoid overextending the spine.
  — Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 4 Aug. 2023
• No need to overextend yourself.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
• Think of pushing off with the back foot rather than overextending the lead foot.
  — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 29 July 2024
• Aspire to do a few things well, and don't overextend your resources.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
• Learn to say no to demands that overextend your time and energy.
  — Nel-Olivia Waga, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
• One of the first things the family learned was to avoid overextending too soon.
  — Mena Mirhom, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
• The new lawsuit will test whether the agency has overextended its reach in this case.
  — Evan Bush, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
• Will overextend for the big blow and struggles to gather himself again.
  — USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2021
• Right now, you’re overextended.
  — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
• Your abundant gratitude may have led you to overextend your thanks.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 Feb. 2022
• This will help some borrowers build their credit, and hurt those who overextend.
  — Kristin McKenna, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
• Hard seltzer showed what happens when a hot format gets overextended.
  — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
• Don’t overextend yourself too much to make someone else happy.
  — Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 21 July 2025
• Some are still teens; others have grown up and left home but still feel over-involved and overextended.
  — Sarah Sloat, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2023
• Lock your hips out at the top without overextending and stand tall with your shoulders in line with your pelvis.
  — Jakob Roze, Health, 26 Dec. 2025
• Lock your hips out at the top without overextending and stand tall with your shoulders in line with your pelvis.
  — Jakob Roze, Health, 21 Apr. 2026
• Lock your hips out at the top without overextending and stand tall with your shoulders in line with your pelvis.
  — Jakob Roze, Health, 17 June 2026
• Prices fell, demand vanished and overextended builders, as well as the lenders who backed them, were wiped out.
  — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
• Russia is overextended in its nearly three years of war in Ukraine.
  — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
• Watch for overextending your budget when the Pisces moon meets Jupiter.
  — USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
• Finances may feel a little tight this month, so get creative rather than overextended.
  — Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 May 2026
• As winter approaches, Kyiv must take care not to overextend its forces.
  — Simon Shuster, Time, 26 Sep. 2022
• The risk, of course, is overextending and opening driving lanes to the basket.
  — Mark Zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 Dec. 2017
• Watch for overextending your resources when the Aries moon meets Jupiter.
  — Usa Today, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
• So, in a bid to make things right, entrepreneurs can lose sight of what’s important and overextend themselves.
  — Pascal Bachmann, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
• Also, be mindful of your bankroll, trying not to overextend yourself.
  — Charles Curtis, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2017
• Your wildcard energy is a lot of fun, but be cautious not to overextend yourself.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 28 Dec. 2020
• The satire of bourgeois affluence can seem glib and overextended.
  — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2018