How to Use overcharge in a Sentence

overcharge

verb
  • The store overcharged me for my skirt.
  • He overcharges for car repairs.
  • He overcharges his customers for car repairs.
  • The sergeants' union and police chief at the time said they had been overcharged.
    — Violet Ikonomova, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2024
  • On first glance, Mueller’s case, at least in part, seems shaky and overcharged.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Amazon is charging his wife the correct sales tax rate, while he is overcharged.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2025
  • The risk comes when a battery is crushed, overcharged or overheated.
    — ABC News, 3 June 2026
  • Last year, Cohan settled out of court for the rent he had been overcharged over the years.
    — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 18 May 2020
  • These maintain the battery with no chance of overcharging.
    — John Paul, The Providence Journal, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Health systems, overcharge patients on all kinds of services.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 23 Nov. 2022
  • There’s no risk of overcharging your phone by leaving it on a wireless charger all night.
    — Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Thomas has come under fire from critics who argue that Carey was overcharged.
    — Fox News, 13 Mar. 2018
  • For the past five months, the company was overcharging her $94 a month.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The firm last year accused the city in a lawsuit of overcharging the retail outlet.
    — Darryl Enriquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Some said pharmacists could overcharge for a drug that normally costs pennies per pill.
    — ABC News, 17 June 2026
  • Also, avoid charging your phone in direct sunlight, and do not overcharge your iPhone.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Americans are being overcharged for health care that should have been free or covered by their health insurance.
    — Sara Ganim, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Or the companies that overcharge, don’t deliver, refuse to give refunds?
    — Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Here’s how to avoid hiring a contractor who’ll end up overcharging you, cutting corners, or both.
    — Tim Nelson, Architectural Digest, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Out in the suburbs and inside area police departments, many believed they were overcharged.
    — Elisha Anderson, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2017
  • Cordova said the union’s goal is to ensure that shoppers are not overcharged and that pricing is fair and transparent.
    — Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 16 May 2025
  • The rollout was a debacle, with hundreds of thousands of customers overcharged.
    — Dakota Smith, latimes.com, 11 July 2019
  • Regulators allow utilities to overcharge, while the prices of their stocks soar.
    — Nick Bowlin, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • This can lead to clients being overcharged and the staffing firm facing legal or financial consequences.
    — Murali Thalluri, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • What follows is less about whether you are being overcharged and more about who, exactly, is deciding your number.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026
  • Software developers have long complained that they are being overcharged to use the giants’ app stores.
    — Gerrit De Vynck, latimes.com, 1 July 2019
  • They’re connected to smart plugs that turn on for just 15 minutes a day, enough to keep them topped off without overcharging.
    — Larry Magid, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Most advisors aren’t sitting around the office thinking of new ways to underserve and overcharge clients.
    — John Jennings, Forbes, 26 May 2021
  • Nik Saylor later denied the buses were unsafe or that customers had been overcharged.
    — Donna McGuire Judy L. Thomas, kansascity, 27 July 2017
  • Trump claims that American ships are being overcharged and that China controls it.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025

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