[
US
/ˌoʊvɝpɹəˈtɛktəv/
]
[ UK /ˌəʊvəpɹətˈɛktɪv/ ]
[ UK /ˌəʊvəpɹətˈɛktɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
overly protective
overprotective parents
How To Use overprotective In A Sentence
- He feared he was acting the overprotective father, but there was something about William Brown-Lee that simply did not fit.
- Dave, on the other hand, has been a perfect blend of jealous and overprotective.
- I feel I can't win - I'm either being overprotective, or ignoring his wellbeing by not letting him have a proper rest.
- Ally's just important to me and I was being a little overprotective.
- Frissa had always been overprotective of him against other women.
- After three years, he decides to play overprotective best friend?
- It has reignited the debate over whether authorities are being overprotective of children.
- Travelling with a teenage daughter carried its own concerns for an overprotective father, but it also prompted otherwise unlikely encounters.
- The hockey star seemed a little overprotective of his blonde bombshell, going so far as to give an autograph seeker the evil eye and a few choice words.
- I think his mother was quite strict and overprotective of him.