exaggerated reaction
Example Sentences
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There are few well-tested treatments for this exaggerated reaction.
From Seattle Times • May 11, 2022
He left Russia amid heavy criticism for his apparently exaggerated reaction to being fouled.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2021
Some of what you describe sounds typical of someone with BPD, who will have an exaggerated reaction to perceived abandonments.
From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2020
When the joke leans on an exaggerated reaction to the ordinary, it helps to have some dramatic notes to belt out.
From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2019
We are here on trial for another world is the thought that in the past strengthened men to bear all manner of ills, if not with equanimity, at least without exaggerated reaction.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
