overpraise

Example Sentences

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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

A portrait of James Russell Lowell, his overpraised poetical antecedent, was hung proudly in his study.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2022

I couldn’t understand why she was so wildly overpraised for doing things like hugging a sick boy, or why her being on a boat with a man was fascinating.

From Slate • Nov. 23, 2020

The crop of lackluster new musicals — including the overpraised Tony winner, “Hadestown” — provided further evidence of a commercial theater in creative flux.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2019

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