His acts of piety and charity became grotesque in their excessiveness.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
Did he challenge his oppression, did he seek to translate it into terms of reason, he found nothing upon which his wits could fasten-and he came ever to conclude that it was his very happiness by its excessiveness that was oppressing him, giving him at times that sense of premonitory weight about the heart as if to check its joyous soarings.
"The Sea-Hawk"
Raphael Sabatini
She reveled almost sensuously in the excessiveness of the contrast, quite unconcerned that her white gown was several years out of date.
"The Sisters-In-Law"
Gertrude Atherton