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View definitions for gloss over

gloss over

verb as in belie

verb as in play down

verb as in whitewash

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Example Sentences

But Harris glossed over the details of how abortion legislation could pass Congress.

"There was not one test that showed that she had a UTI, they completely glossed over the fact that she was vomiting blood," said Rachael.

From BBC

“Martha” doesn’t gloss over Stewart’s prickly, demanding personality, but it also makes the case that she was unfairly maligned — and ultimately prosecuted — because of her gender.

We need to gloss over some details of what Thanh says happened to him over the next few years in order to continue to hide his identity.

From BBC

The utter devastation of churches, mosques, schools, bakeries and hospitals in Gaza gets glossed over by the media because Israel claims Hamas is embedded among civilians and “Israel has a right to self-defense.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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