How to Use overdrive in a Sentence

overdrive

noun

• He put the car into overdrive.
• The reporters went into overdrive to finish their stories on time.
• His acting career is in overdrive.
• In the case of the overdrive, switch it on and forget it.
  — David E. Davis Jr., Car and Driver, 16 May 2023
• This was enough to start the rumor mill and send it into overdrive.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• But a few weeks ago, the discourse went into overdrive.
  — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 1 Feb. 2023
• Awards season kicks into overdrive on the first weekend of the year with the return of the Golden Globes.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2024
• Homebuilders in that region got pushed into overdrive over the past two years.
  — Lance Lambert, Fortune, 5 June 2022
• Our first heat wave of the summer is headed into overdrive.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 22 July 2022
• So prices may rise just as much as pay, sending the wage-price spiral into overdrive.
  — Daniel Altman, Forbes, 11 July 2022
• The hype machine went into overdrive on the 21-year-old Bentley’s behalf.
  — Alex Pappademas, Men's Health, 28 Mar. 2023
• Napier, his staff and players enter Week 3 of camp in overdrive.
  — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2022
• Any recruiter can tell you that Covid-19 has shifted the war for talent into overdrive.
  — John Feldmann, Forbes, 10 June 2022
• His thyroid was in overdrive, a caloric furnace burning too hot.
  — Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 8 July 2022
• The ratios in first, second, and third are identical to those of the old model, but fourth in the new one is a bit closer to third, and fifth is added as an overdrive.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 26 Jan. 2023
• Anyone looking to switch jobs should spend the next few weeks polishing their resume and putting their search in overdrive.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2023
• Alexa Chung and Tom Sturridge are sending the rumor mill into overdrive.
  — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 12 June 2023
• Over the past several years, co-optation of language by the GOP has been on overdrive, due in part to the advent of social media.
  — Clay Cane, CNN, 5 Apr. 2023
• Things spiral from there, with the two of them working on overdrive attempting to ruin each others’ lives.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 8 Apr. 2023
• An Auburn loss could send an already angry fan base into overdrive.
  — al, 28 Oct. 2022
• These hard-hitting oils pack a punch that’ll put your whole wellness routine into overdrive.
  — Isla G. Roy, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
• Now, with screens everywhere, that idea has gone into overdrive.
  — Jessica Dulong, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
• But at times, those cogs cause glitches or kick into overdrive, and the sprawling apparatus needs to be slowed down.
  — Emily Wright, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2022
• But that is just one of the huge changes coming to Fear the Walking Dead — changes that were put into motion on the final two episodes 7 and are about to kick into overdrive in season 8.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 June 2022
• But they were soon reunited, bond stronger than ever, and went into overdrive to plan the splendid nuptials that just took place.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 10 Oct. 2022
• Things kick into overdrive in Episode 3, with the series’ dynamics firmly in place.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 7 Oct. 2022
• Sometimes, that hysteria shifts into overdrive, with gripping, shirt-ripping and knocks to the body.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2023
• While the core of the game — strangers on an island voting each other out until one is declared the winner — remained the same, the evolution of the show kicked into overdrive.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2022
• The low-budget tour came to a sudden end when bassist-vocalist Mark Hoppus lost his voice, but the band’s career soon roared into overdrive.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
• Identifying the source of the infection that is putting the immune system into overdrive is a key step in treatment.
  — Richard Marfuggi, STAT, 22 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024