How to Use overmedicate in a Sentence

overmedicate

verb

• Lindsay does not dispute killing her children, but her defense argues that she was overmedicated and suffering from postpartum psychosis.
  — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
• Kennedy has said Americans are overmedicated.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
• This misinterpretation is quite common because doctors don’t want to overmedicate with powerful drugs.
  — Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
• Her defense attorney argues she was overmedicated and suffering from extreme postpartum psychosis.
  — Kristina Rex, CBS News, 30 July 2026
• Solstice East had previously been accused of abusive practices, including placing kids in seclusion for days on end and overmedicating a student to the point of hospitalization.
  — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 11 May 2026
• Prosecutors allege the murders were planned, while the defense argues Clancy was overmedicated and suffering from extreme postpartum psychosis.
  — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 29 July 2026
• The prosecution says the murders were calculated, while the defense argues Clancy was overmedicated and suffering from extreme postpartum psychosis.
  — Kristina Rex, CBS News, 30 July 2026
• Prosecutors say the murders were calculated, while Clancy's defense argues that she was overmedicated and suffering from extreme postpartum psychosis.
  — Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 31 July 2026
• Prosecutors appeared to begin chipping away at the defense’s portrayal of Lindsay Clancy as overmedicated, walking jurors through nine prescription bottles that still contained many of the pills she had been given.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026