| She overreached herself in a failed attack on Paris and was subsequently captured by the Burgundians who sold her to the English. |
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| He overreached himself, living out the image of a global media tycoon without the substance to sustain it. |
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| He overreached himself, making border raids and claiming large amounts of land as his own. |
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| I believe some legislators have overreached themselves in resorting to law provisions to safeguard women's rights. |
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| The US overreached itself on this occasion and was forced to take a step back. |
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| The question remains as to whether, despite all the praise being lavished on him, he will eventually be seen to have overreached himself. |
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| The right wing of the Republican Party overreached themselves on that one but they are better prepared this time around. |
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| This time he overreached on the right hand side, and a sweeping slash gave him a red welt across his torso and sent his sword flying. |
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| In her clumsy attempt to parry she overreached herself and plummeted from the back of her horse, landing heavily on the ground. |
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| The younger artist, it appears, had overreached himself, causing offense to the dominating figure of the Roman artistic scene, or at least to his followers in Rome. |
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| Instead they were a rebuke from the American electorate to Democrats who had overreached. |
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| Could it be that the Parliament has overreached itself again? |
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| The company overreached itself and ran out of money after one year. |
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| He overreached himself with his plan to invade Burgundy in alliance with the King of France, tempted by King Louis' promise of territory in the Netherlands as a reward. |
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