as in exaggerated
extended beyond normal or realistic bounds
overblown predictions of financial calamity after the company had one bad quarter
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Recent Examples of overblown
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt would not explain the basis for the Administration’s conclusion, instead claiming the controversy was overblown and accusing The Atlantic of spreading misinformation.
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Nik Popli, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
Much of that criticism was overblown, as German filmmakers were positively represented across the wider festival programme.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2025
Jordanians are used to warnings, usually overblown and often originating from outside the kingdom, that the country is on the brink.
—Curtis R. Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2025
But new research reevaluating one of the only rigorous studies testing that hypothesis suggests those conclusions were probably overblown.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2025
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Nik Popli, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
Much of that criticism was overblown, as German filmmakers were positively represented across the wider festival programme.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2025
Jordanians are used to warnings, usually overblown and often originating from outside the kingdom, that the country is on the brink.
—Curtis R. Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2025
But new research reevaluating one of the only rigorous studies testing that hypothesis suggests those conclusions were probably overblown.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for overblown
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“Overblown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overblown. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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