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
But it’s possible to care too much for order, cool and elegance, to overpraise the magician’s sleight of hand and miss the trick itself.
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2019
This manages to both overpraise and insult his team all at once, very impressive.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 9, 2015
Still, I don’t want to overpraise the device.
From Slate ● May 17, 2013
I one day asked Mr Bryan, who knew his wife, about her, and he told me that she was a very superior young lady, and that he could not overpraise her.
From Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days by William Henry Giles Kingston
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
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 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 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
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
Recent studies have turned conventional wisdom on its head, concluding that overpraising kids makes them less confident and motivated.
From Time ● Oct. 1, 2013
With Aunty Uju, they hovered and groveled, curtseying deeply as they greeted her, overpraising her handbag and shoes.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
