How to Use overload in a Sentence

overload

1 of 2 verb

• Make sure not to overload the rod.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2026
• Don’t overload fireplaces with wood.
  — Doris Alvarez Cea, Florida Times-Union, 15 Jan. 2026
• Ask your stylist to avoid overloading the hair with blonde and to keep contrast soft.
  — Amanda Le, InStyle, 24 May 2026
• Do not overload it with too many appliances.
  — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
• Be sure not to overload the drum, as towels need room to move around for a proper clean.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 18 Nov. 2025
• Be sure not to overload the drum, as towels need room to move around for a proper clean.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 15 June 2026
• Treat your scalp like your face—cleanse, hydrate, and don’t overload it with product.
  — Larry Stansbury, Essence, 3 Sep. 2025
• Flat feet may strain tissues along the arch, while high arches may overload the ball of the foot.
  — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
• Just as much time was spent taking things out of the songs, not wanting to overload them with ideas.
  — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 17 June 2026
• Adding more wall outlets to the area can help prevent overloading.
  — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Nov. 2025
• While the gut ends up overloaded with serotonin, the brain has too little.
  — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
• The boat does not appear to have been overloaded either.
  — Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
• If the wash is too short, too cold, or overloaded, oils and odors remain in the fabric.
  — Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2026
• Porters, often overloaded with almost twice their body weight, rule the fast lane.
  — Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
• Don't overload the handlebar with bags.
  — ABC News, 12 May 2026
• Don't overload the washing machine, which will cause more friction.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026
• Stick to cold or warm water and avoid overloading the washer for best results.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
• Stick to cold or warm water and avoid overloading the washer for best results.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
• Cell phone towers may be damaged or overloaded.
  — Pat Harvey, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
• Her phone isn’t overloaded anymore, but the steady drip of new policies have her wary of what the spring could bring.
  — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
• Avoid overloading the boat – too much weight can make a vessel unstable.
  — Doug Myers, CBS News, 27 June 2026
• Avoid overloading the boat – too much weight can make a vessel unstable.
  — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 29 June 2026
• The special effects can look corny and the story overloads us with too many characters.
  — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
• But overloading the machine is one way to sabotage your aim for freshness.
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2026
• By their own admission, the justices are sometimes overloaded and don’t read all of them.
  — Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2025
• Sometimes we are overloaded and another grid takes over.
  — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
• Meanwhile rich gruyere gives the dish plenty of flavor without overloading it with cheese.
  — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
• Placing pothos in direct sunlight can overload them, causing the leaves to turn yellow.
  — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2025
• Prevent teams from being overloaded with low-impact alerts.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
• Don't overload an outlet by plugging in more appliances than it's designed for.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026

overload

2 of 2 noun

• Role overload – too much to do and too little time.
  — Paula Davis, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
• This left Villa with an overload down that side of the pitch.
  — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
• Years of screen time and digital overload have not erased that need.
  — Alana Sandel, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
• Get involved in the cuteness overload here.
  — Sam Woodward, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
• This can lead to circuit overloads and the potential for fires.
  — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 13 Mar. 2026
• Once more, Chelsea created a three-v-two overload at the back post.
  — Mark Carey, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
• No, progressive overload takes place over months and months of working out.
  — Jake Boly, Men's Health, 15 Dec. 2022
• The video dropped on Friday, and the band’s fans went crazy for the cuteness overload.
  — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 18 July 2023
• There are four things to keep in mind to reduce the cognitive overload on that crowded stage.
  — Marshall Bergmann, Quartz, 24 Feb. 2023
• Naples is nothing if not a sensory overload.
  — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2026
• Naples is nothing if not a sensory overload.
  — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2025
• The black-and-white screen is a welcome break from the sensory overload of a smartphone.
  — Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 7 Aug. 2025
• This update can bring a respite from message overload for Pixel users.
  — PC Magazine, 11 Nov. 2025
• Spray foods lightly with oil to prevent an overload of grease that can quickly become sticky.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2026
• The recent overload of crises has turned the focus of nations inwards.
  — Saadia Zahidi, Time, 12 Jan. 2023
• But in an age of information overload, the leaders who stand out aren’t those who add to the noise.
  — Carmine Gallo, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
• The girls escape; the machine overloads and explodes.
  — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
• The videos sat poorly after a weekend of Swift overload.
  — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
• In this age of information overload, there’s simply too much to process, and none of us have the roadmap.
  — April Uchitel, Flow Space, 6 Aug. 2025
• Wide overloads and crosses into the box were always going to be key in this game, and both teams used them to score.
  — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 11 July 2026
• Gen Z didn’t choose digital overload.
  — Luba Kassova, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
• And being too much of an iron man or iron woman can result in iron overload disorder.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
• Every single player brings elite hair to their overload party.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
• Protein overload shows up in the feel and behavior of the hair before anything else.
  — Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 31 Dec. 2025
• In less-skilled hands, Sarma’s dishes might be fusion overload.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Oct. 2022
• Record labels are having a harder time breaking new artists amid an overload of content.
  — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
• Most of them have the common themes of job insecurity, work overload and job burnout.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
• There’s just too much cognitive overload with trying to do something like that in audio form.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 25 Oct. 2023
• Your body can regulate the absorption of non-heme iron to prevent iron overload.
  — Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 12 Mar. 2026
• After the sensory overload of Times Square, this park feels like a deep breath.
  — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026