overpraise
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Even last year,, external Chappell, rarely one to overpraise English batting, grouped Crawley with Root and Harry Brook as England's key Ashes batters.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
Orwell and Hardwick present the “gross” overpraise as calculated; I think it usually is not.
From Slate ● Jan. 9, 2018
So let us not overpraise ourselves for being enlightened.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2017
This manages to both overpraise and insult his team all at once, very impressive.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 9, 2015
As a man cannot flatter God, nor overpraise him, so a man cannot injure man, nor undervalue him.
From Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Together with Death's Duel by John Donne
The theatrical hype machine needs a winner, but let’s not hold the way “Kimberly Akimbo” has been overpraised against it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2023
His predecessor, Myles Brand, is overpraised as a heroic reformer, but he at least had some practical executive ability and forged consensus on the reform measures known as Annual Academic Progress Rate.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2022
I felt terribly overpraised when I made this for my family last week because I felt I had done so little to earn their appreciation.
From The Guardian ● May 13, 2020
Emma Donoghue’s breakthrough novel, the overpraised “Room,” was followed by a much better one, the underpraised “Frog Music.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2016
The Yorks had a pleasantly comfortable home life, and Ronnie, overloved and overpraised by his parents and a worshipful younger sister, was the adored center of it.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
“To act like it’s the first great foldable in ages is just overpraising Apple,” said the 35-year-old Fresno, Calif., stay-at-home dad, “because everyone else is doing it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Yet there is a risk of overpraising her merits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
I learned my lesson after overpraising one of your stories and having you protest that I always loved everything you did.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2021
On this week’s episode, Steve Lickteig joins Rebecca and Gabe to answer questions from listeners on toxic masculinity and overpraising preschool teachers.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2018
With Aunty Uju, they hovered and groveled, curtseying deeply as they greeted her, overpraising her handbag and shoes.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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