overstatement
Example Sentences
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Overstatement of harm is not helpful when you’re trying to create a culture of compassion.”
From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2020
Overstatement maybe, but his muscular response to the FA's comments about him undoubtedly chimed with the mood of the nation like nothing he has said or done before.
From The Guardian • Oct. 7, 2012
"Overstatement of the Chinese threat," Sakharov argues, "ill serves the cause of democratization and demilitarization, which we and the rest of the world need so badly."
From Time Magazine Archive
Rieder Words by Mackenzie Eisenhour Overstatement is pretty much null and void on this one.
From Time Magazine Archive
Overstatement, bitterness, vituperation, and the beating of drums have contributed mightily to ill-feeling and wars between nations.
From State of the Union Address by Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Vocabulary lists containing overstatement
STAAR English II: Literary Devices and Figures of Speech
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Reading: Literature - High School
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Imagery, Figures of Speech, and Tone
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