glossed over

Example Sentences

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Yet the rosy picture they painted glossed over potential adverse effects—which some influencers themselves experienced.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

The question that’s been glossed over, however, is whether the ballroom would really patch up security for the president.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

The new awareness is the latest indication that the detente has largely glossed over a rivalry between the U.S. and China that is only beginning.

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

But this "now-or-never" approach, she argues, glossed over the fact it was a risk-taking start-up that "never finished attracting investment".

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2025

Our schoolteacher, Miss Harbottle, had glossed over Mr. Darwin, looking discomfited as she did so.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly