overreaching

[ US /ˈoʊvɝˌɹitʃɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ˌə‍ʊvəɹˈiːt‍ʃɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights
    vaulting ambition
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How To Use overreaching In A Sentence

  • Your statement that the courts are reluctant to intervene is irrelevant since the Judicial branch was specifically created to serve as a check and balance against overreaching by the legislative and executive branches, and thankfully, we as citizens do have the standing to sue in the federal court if the Congress attempts to pass the Health Care “Whatever” into a law. Think Progress » Bachmann Accuses The Media Of ‘Treason,’ Claims Use Of ‘Deem And Pass’ Warrants ‘Impeachment’
  • The name Pat Cash still conjures images of a fighter nonpareil and of an untiring athlete overreaching physical limits to reach his target.
  • Pissarro does indeed seem to be overreaching himself in this picture.
  • She called the victory a resounding rejection of the policies of President Barack Obama and the country's Democratic leadership and of what she described as a "bigger, more expansive and overreaching government". Republican easily wins Nevada House election
  • Don't apply for that job: you're in danger of overreaching yourself.
  • The from home business irena, capaciousness, film, and the perspective restharrow are shipboard polder of niche stormbound by a lustily overreaching druthers of fossil and we palaeobotany ugly the pharmaceutical superstition on that woodgrain. Rational Review
  • The from home business irena, capaciousness, film, and the perspective restharrow are shipboard polder of niche stormbound by a lustily overreaching druthers of fossil and we palaeobotany ugly the pharmaceutical superstition on that woodgrain. Rational Review
  • C.ristopher C. Healy, the chairman of the C.nnecticut Republican Party, said Republicans were justified in blocking what he described as a drastic overreaching by Mr. Obama. NYT > Home Page
  • Lurking there is the idea behind foreign-policy overreaching -- the anticonservative delusion that political will can control the world. A LETHAL IDEA STILL LIVES
  • When your muscles don't recover, overload training evolves into overreaching, characterized by fatigue, decreased performance and a recovery time of about 2-3 weeks.
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