Examples of “overtime” in a Sentence

noun Extra time worked beyond someone's normal hours, or the higher pay for that work.

• Several nurses agreed to do overtime during the busy winter weeks.
• She worked overtime to finish the project before the deadline.
• The factory pays time-and-a-half for overtime.

noun An added period of play used to settle a tied game in sport.

• After ninety minutes of play, the score was level, so they went into overtime.
• The crowd cheered when the home team scored in overtime.
• The match went to overtime after both teams finished level.