How to Use overstay in a Sentence

overstay

verb
  • She was guilty of overstaying a student visa.
  • Many overstayed their visas and failed to seek asylum on time.
    — Akilah Johnson, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Feb. 2018
  • None of the songs overstay their welcome.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 15 May 2026
  • Bah was charged with overstaying her visa, which came as a shock to her.
    — Liz Brody, Glamour, 26 Sep. 2017
  • The episodes don’t overstay their welcome.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
  • But the story takes care not to overstay its welcome.
    — Alex James Kane, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • This does not apply to people who overstayed visas.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 14 Nov. 2025
  • With a set-up this sweet, who wouldn’t be tempted to overstay their welcome?
    — Helena Madden, ELLE Decor, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Nobody 2 has the good sense not to overstay its welcome.
    — Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Then there are the shows that had overstayed their welcome, didn't quite click or never got off the ground.
    — OregonLive.com, 19 May 2017
  • My big worry, always, is that a show will overstay its welcome.
    — Katherine J Igoe, Marie Claire, 11 Dec. 2019
  • This could cause extreme weather events of all kinds to stall and overstay their welcome.
    — Delger Erdenesanaa, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Managers and others check in, but don’t overstay their time at the table.
    — Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2021
  • People would not overstay their visas or the amount of time they as tourists are allowed to visit.
    — Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
  • These lists sometimes overstay their welcome, which appears to be the point.
    — Bécquer Seguín, Slate Magazine, 21 July 2017
  • For one thing, this figure doesn’t account for people who overstay their visas.
    — Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 29 May 2018
  • Don't worry—your in-laws might overstay their welcome, but the Elf will not.
    — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Don't worry—your in-laws might overstay their welcome, but the Elf will not.
    — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The full campaign will take you less than three hours which ensures that the game doesn’t overstay its welcome.
    — Luke Winkie, Vulture, 4 May 2021
  • Five leaders in the region have tried to overstay their welcome in recent years.
    — The Economist, 21 Oct. 2019
  • All of us have overstayed our welcome at some point, in a place, in a relationship.
    — The New Yorker, 28 June 2024
  • Be sure not to overstay your welcome, and don't expect the host to entertain you at all times.
    — Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Plus, the pacing moves briskly in a way that happily doesn’t overstay its welcome.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 14 Oct. 2022
  • But the movie overstays its welcome and loses its drive, in a way that winds up hindering it in the end.
    — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 11 May 2018
  • Neither satire is subtle, and both marginally overstay their welcome, but each has its gems.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Under the new plan, four-year limits would be imposed, aimed at stopping lengthy visa overstays.
    — Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • We’re reintroduced to the ways might is wielded in this episode in set pieces that don’t overstay their welcome.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 29 Dec. 2021
  • From farmhouse finds to greige and gray, four designers spill the trends that have overstayed their welcome.
    — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
  • One of those arrested over the weekend in Boston was said to have overstayed his visa.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
  • One of the best decisions Caple made was not to let any of these figures overstay their welcome.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 June 2023

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