overtread in a sentence
v. t.
📚 Grade Level: Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
Definition
OVERTREAD: to excessively or inappropriately exceed limits or boundaries in behavior or physical action.
Sample Sentences
- The constant rain caused the hikers to overtread the muddy trails.
- He overtread the boundaries of propriety during the heated debate.
- In his eagerness to impress, he inadvertently overtread the established rules.
- The gardener was careful not to overtread the delicate seedlings in the new bed.
- She felt that he often overtread the limits of their friendship with his demands.