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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of overbalance.

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Examples

  • Their meagre physical experiences, plus their meagre intellectual experiences, made a negative sum so vast that it overbalanced their wholesome morality and healthful sports.

    Chapter 18 2010

  • The destroyer overbalanced and crashed into the ditch.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • The destroyer overbalanced and crashed into the ditch.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • He attempted to hold the two men apart, but pressing too hard against the truculent individual, overbalanced him and threw him to the floor.

    CHAPTER 11 2010

  • Â Initially designed to create an all-star JLA, it quickly became overbalanced, with 14 active members (one of whom, Geo-Force, was never seen to join the team and never seen to quit it, and still somehow ranks as an active member.)

    Review: Justice League Double Feature! | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • She overbalanced hard into the rim of a fountain with a thump that echoed dully, and then lurched upright again, landing a wild punch on his shoulder.

    And the thought becomes a memory karenhealey 2010

  • The destroyer overbalanced and crashed into the ditch.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • The destroyer overbalanced and crashed into the ditch.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • Dana was the thorough-going type of man, not overbalanced and erratic, without quirk or quibble of temperament.

    A CLASSIC OF THE SEA 2010

  • Heart-high, I say, my rapier entered Pasquini's side on the right, but it did not emerge, on the left, for, well-nigh through him, it met a rib (oh, man-killing is butcher's work!) with such a will that the forcing overbalanced him, so that he fell part backward and part sidewise to the ground.

    Chapter 11 2010

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