Examples of 'overreaction' in a sentence

Meaning of "overreaction"

An overreaction is an excessive or exaggerated response to a situation, often in an emotional or irrational way
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  • A reaction that is excessive.

How to use "overreaction" in a sentence

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Annoyance about or overreaction to minor difficulties or disappointments.
Which was probably made worse by police overreaction.
Just an overreaction to a teensy spot of hair lacquer.
We can not but regret such an overreaction to it.
Resulting in an overreaction and accelerated spending of energies.
If that is not the most grotesque overreaction.
That is hardly an overreaction to a few rare cases.
An overreaction to news flow leads to temporary mispricing.
And his absurd overreaction this afternoon.
Overreaction of immune system leads to cold symptoms.
There is always an overreaction to these kinds of things.
Overreaction makes an interesting contrast with conservatism.
This is a massive overreaction by the dynasty community.
Some people might call that an overreaction.
The risk for overreaction must be considered.

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The opposite of normalcy bias is overreaction bias.
Eczema is an overreaction of the skin to environmental stimuli.
That would be an unfortunate overreaction on your part.
An overreaction is precisely what the jihadists want.
It seems to be a type of overreaction almost like an allergy.
Minimization of health risks and prevention of an overreaction.
They are an overreaction of your stress response system.
She was annoyed but understood his overreaction.
Food allergy is an overreaction of the immune system to.
And sees my unease with it as a bit of an overreaction.
Perhaps overreaction at the outset was understandable.
But her symptoms could be overreaction to depression.
Your overreaction led us to this situation.
But the symptoms could be overreaction to depression.
Expect an overreaction to your comments or requests.
It still sounds like an overreaction on her part.
But an overreaction is seldom the cure for anything.
Such a step would be a gross overreaction as well as being illegal.
Overreaction predates against the solidarism.
Talk about an overreaction to a single event.
That seems like a bit of an overreaction.
An immune overreaction would explain everything.
I wanted to avoid this type of overreaction.
I deserve an overreaction over this statement.
Your entire response to this crisis has been an overreaction.
So this is the overreaction he was talking about.
He is the victim of hysteria and overreaction.
I think your overreaction to this situation.
Any sooner would have been an overreaction.
This is not an overreaction in the least.
I think that there has been a little bit of an overreaction.
Into one of your overreaction festivals.
This will prevent the pain caused by overreaction.
Fainting caused by an overreaction to certain triggers.
Many scientists feel that that was an overreaction.

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