overblown
Example Sentences
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Many private-credit fund managers say they believe that fears about software loans are overblown and that they feel good about the quality of their portfolios.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
I’ll admit it: I think our collective weeknight blender hatred is a bit overblown.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026
He was steadfast that all he was doing was helping, that the objections were cosmetic, and overblown.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
He also argued that fears about private credit concerns in the banking sector are overblown.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
She was no stranger to the overblown courtesies of Qarth.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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