How to Use to excess in a Sentence

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• That might seem to be a suggestion that taking love to excess is a good thing.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
• Vance drank socially, but not to excess, the friend recalled.
  — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
• Stress makes your body release cortisol, which can lead to excess belly fat.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
• My father was more comfortable with spending but not to excess.
  — R29 Team, refinery29.com, 27 Sep. 2024
• Any band that’s successful opens the door to excess, self-destruction.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
• Acne forms as a result of a hair follicle that’s been clogged due to excess sebum and dead skin cells.
  — Joseph Deacetis, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2021
• Plus, wooden tools and handles might crack, splinter, and break if exposed to excess moisture.
  — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Jan. 2026
• Sky-high stilettos meet gorgeous, expansive vistas in this glossy ode to excess.
  — Laura Bradley, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
• Large plants may respond differently to excess lipid buildup.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
• Heavy snow makes your deck vulnerable to excess weight, mold and decay, and water damage.
  — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 8 Jan. 2026
• Characters drink with dinner and later to excess, one drinking from the bottle.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2023
• Physician burnout is linked not only to excess health care costs but also to higher rates of medical errors.
  — Mara Gordon, NPR, 4 May 2024
• Third, history has shown time and again that human nature is prone to excess — in panic and euphoria alike.
  — Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
• Many people also confuse dry scalp with dandruff, which is typically linked to excess oil or yeast.
  — Iman Balagam, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2026
• Exposing them to excess moisture can cause mold to develop more quickly.
  — Anthea Levi, Health, 10 July 2026
• So eating well, sleeping well, exercise, not smoking, not drinking to excess.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2022
• Resistance to excess also comes from inside the tech industry.
  — Laila Lalami, New York Times, 30 May 2023
• That's because stress and sleep changes hormone function and increases cortisol levels, which is tied to excess weight and belly fat.
  — Alisa Hrustic, Men's Health, 22 June 2023
• In the real world, we would be spared Banner's frustrations, but exposure to excess gamma rays wouldn't be much fun either.
  — Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Feb. 2025
• This means that the immune system acts out in a way that ultimately leads to excess inflammation—in this case, in the skin—and causes symptoms.
  — Eleesha Lockett, SELF, 17 June 2022
• Dang’s castmates remember her as lighthearted and sweet, a social person who liked to have fun and tended to drink a lot in pods — as many do — sometimes to excess.
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 4 June 2024
• Kim adds that our cortisol levels also increase when we’re stressed, which can also contribute to excess oil production and clogged pores.
  — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 12 June 2024
• This happens when someone drinks alcohol to excess, which results in the formation of these nets on neurons involved in addiction.
  — Quanta Magazine, 28 July 2022
• Exposure to excess smoke can exacerbate health conditions such as asthma.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 17 July 2023
• Fiber can bind to excess cholesterol and help the body eliminate it, Mok explained, while potassium helps relax blood vessels and lower blood pressure.
  — Danielle Zickl, Health, 5 Dec. 2025
• Most Americans already get more than enough sodium in their regular diet, so adding salt to water might contribute to excess sodium.
  — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2023
• Dysregulated moisture levels in the skin can lead to excess oil, inflammation, flakiness, as well as fine lines and wrinkles.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Apr. 2022
• Faced with consumers’ remarkable resilience this year, many doomsayers ascribed it to excess savings, amassed during the pandemic, that would inevitably run out.
  — James Martielli, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
• Upscale everything is everywhere, sometimes to excess.
  — James Raia, Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2026
• Meanwhile, the Democratic left has turned away from business, deeming profits as dirty and favoring regulation to excess.
  — Alan Murray, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2023