Many doctors say that for women to turn their backs on hormone replacement therapy would be a gross overreaction.

Riley called it "a gross overreaction on the part of the official," and Starks seemed to agree.

Yet when so much has gone right between ESPN and baseball, why threaten that relationship with a gross overreaction like terminating the contract?

A six-game ban for the original incident at Tynecastle I felt was a gross overreaction.

A large-scale demonstration on opening night is a gross overreaction to the little that is known in advance about the play's contents.

Many hockey players and fans are dismayed over the cancellation of the season and what they consider a gross overreaction to routine initiation high jinks.

As a result, Mr. Glendening has mounted a highly visible public relations campaign to offset what state officials and environmentalists contend is a gross overreaction.

Such a step would be a gross overreaction as well as being illegal.

So there's no question that it was a gross overreaction.

The firings, he said, were "a gross overreaction to the alleged offenses."