Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overacting
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Swift said, miming Jason holding up his beer can.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
14 Aug. 2025 -
Harris told me, miming fireworks.—
Nancy Walecki,
The Atlantic,
7 Aug. 2025
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Directs independent Citizens Redistricting Commission to resume enacting congressional district maps in 2031.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
31 Aug. 2025
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The bill was pitched as a post-disaster relief measure, preventing counties hit by hurricanes from enacting moratoriums, raising impact fees or altering land-use rules during recovery.—
Josh Salman,
Miami Herald,
29 Aug. 2025
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His brittle mum Heather (a heartbreaking and frustrating Shirley Henderson) is barely holding things together as is, and then John starts, well, acting out?—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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Despite their language barrier, Costner did his best to talk to the tribe about buffalo, acting out how the animal would behave.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Sleep-mimicking anesthetics, like Dex, don’t produce a perfect imitation.—
RJ Mackenzie,
Popular Science,
3 Sep. 2025
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Cinderella Castle, built in 1971, was originally painted in grays, blues, and golds, mimicking a European-style palace-fortress with romanticized medieval elements, according to Disney.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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Painters and sculptors, most of them spend their careers imitating themselves, in a sense.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2025
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Paul fears art imitating life by also boiling down to breadline survival strategies.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Overacting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overacting. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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