overstayed

past tense of overstay

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overstayed
Verb
  • Negotiations with Rodgers lingered.
    Zach Berman, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The indelible smell lingered — to the point of me thinking of skipping out on my perfume du jour.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While Damiano waited for David’s blood glucose to tick up or edge down, his engineering brain crunched the problem.
    Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The couple waited until Vale’s arrival to choose her moniker.
    Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There, the crop continued to grow while white-faced ibis and killdeer birds loitered around the water.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Overstayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstayed. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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