Example sentences for: overzealous

How can you use “overzealous” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The FBI was criticized, rightly, for the overzealous domestic intelligence investigations disclosed during the 1970s.

  • So what Abrams did to prevent Congress from enforcing a policy he disagreed with is either much worse or much better than lying-through-technicalities to protect your right to privacy from an overzealous prosecutor.

  • Not only do you have to find open space to construct the sukkah, but overzealous neighbors have been known to report these structures to the Building Department, whose inspectors are often all too happy to cite individuals for code violations.

  • Time 's profile of Kenneth Starr depicts him as conservative, overzealous, and nerdy.

  • No matter how deeply you believe Starr has egregiously misspent your 15 cents, it would require extraordinary naiveté to imagine that he's dealt you the most devastating financial blow you've suffered at the hands of an overzealous public official.


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