overblown

Example Sentences

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Many private-credit fund managers say they believe that fears about software loans are overblown and that they feel good about the quality of their portfolios.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

While Evercore ISI analyst Mark Mahaney acknowledged the risk from the rulings, he thinks the panic is overblown.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

I’ll admit it: I think our collective weeknight blender hatred is a bit overblown.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

He was steadfast that all he was doing was helping, that the objections were cosmetic, and overblown.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

It was noisier than ever before, talk, talk, talk, friends sharing the news, overblown laughter, strong-lunged farmers bellowing their wares.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson