Example sentences for: overzealous

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

  • Considering federal and state laws against drug use, the actions of a few overzealous school officials intent on keeping their hallways free of caffeine and acetaminophen, the ingredients of Midol, provide comic relief.

  • The exclusionary rule serves a clear purpose by discouraging overzealous police officers from inappropriate behavior.

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

  • The inquiry will look into whether the agency is overzealous in its use of liens and levies, and tends to pick on small "mom and pop" returns that are less likely to mean a challenge to the IRS in court--rather than major corporations.

  • “Ladybird Ladybird” is not, however, a polemic ...Nor is it an attack on the social WORKERS, although they do sometimes appear overzealous ...


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