overall

How To Use overall In A Sentence

• He made a very positive contribution to the overall success of the project.
• The overall seaminess of that enterprise is so underreported that just last week, one of the Post's own reporters felt like they had to obtain a quote in order to get the dictionary definition of "lobbyist" into their story. Peter Orszag's Move From The White House To Citigroup Should Definitely Trouble You
• The overall tax burden, according to the Tax Foundation, is the third-lowest in the nation.
• The language is amusingly flowery and the overall tone one of purposeful pleasure. Times, Sunday Times
• Denim is identified as an "American cotton textile where the diagonal warp is a striped hickory cloth that was once associated with railroadmen's overalls, in which blue or black contrasting undyed white threads form the woven pattern. My God George Will is a bigger fashion snob than me! - dfi
• Whether Mr. Johnson was speaking metaphorically or just plain sillily, the fact he was expressing concern over adding many US military personnel to a small island displays concern for the overall impact on the Guamites … Guamians … Guamicans, hell just what does one call a resident of Guam? Think Progress » Rep. Johnson worries that the island of Guam will ‘tip over and capsize’ if U.S. troops relocate there.
• The overall effect is hard to fault, but it is not that memorable.
• Such a diet possibly offers the potential to improve overall health as well as longevity. Times, Sunday Times
• We had khaki overalls but when we finished our shift, we were covered from head to toe in white dust.
• Firstly, exact data on the overall population can be obtained from the annually updated census list based statistics.