Examples of 'overshot' in a sentence

Meaning of "overshot"

overshoot (verb): To exceed a limit, boundary, or goal. This term is frequently used in various contexts such as economics, engineering, and environmental sciences
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  • simple past tense and past participle of overshoot
  • powered by water that flows over the top from above
  • Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower, as in the jaws of some dogs.
  • An overshot water wheel.

How to use "overshot" in a sentence

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I seem to have overshot the emergency window.
I just think you might have overshot.
Might have overshot your load though.
All water wheels were of the overshot type.
In some situations an overshot wheel is preferable to a turbine.
Overshot wheel can be found for most installations.
I think we have overshot to the north slightly.
I am gonna keep going and see if he overshot the house.
The overshot waterwheel was replaced by a turbine.
I mean so that you overshot the meter.
They overshot the limits set by nature.
This watermill had a wooden overshot waterwheel.
I have overshot myself to tell you of it.
Computer simulation of an overshot water wheel.
Maybe he overshot a landing and fell.

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Proportional reductions should be applicable if the ceiling is overshot.
They must have overshot us by a week.
I overshot the mark by one level.
Could have overshot the runway.
We overshot equality by a mile in this country.
I think you overshot first class.
Of particular note is the retention of the overshot waterwheel.
He might have overshot the field in this soup.
Scientific data suggest a significant overshot of the TACs.
You overshot by about six blocks.
We must have overshot the mark.
You overshot the school by about six miles.
Those eyeball sprites overshot the video memory.
You overshot any point of return.
Like you have never overshot a freeway exit.
We overshot the landing a little bit.
I might have overshot on this one.
This avoids placing undue strain on the overshot.
We must have overshot him by a mile.
I overshot the field yesterday.
The mill was driven by an overshot waterwheel.
I kinda overshot that one a bit.
All the calibers are overshot.
You have overshot the hotel.
Overshot by over a hundred meters.
Let us just say we overshot it by a few thousand years.
Overshot and undershot are penalized.
I kind of overshot that one a bit.
Overshot that a little bit.
We dare you to try and overshot the greens.
Nancy overshot her mark again.
You gave it too much gas and you overshot it.
We must have overshot a few levels when we fell.
Some witnesses thought the plane overshot the runway.
They had overshot the predicted landing zone.

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