overblown

Example Sentences

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Fund managers say in response that alarms about private credit defaults are overblown, while the financial press seems to be anticipating the worst.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 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

However, some on Wall Street believe these concerns are overblown, and represent a contagion of fear.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

The proposal won him only a stern lecture from Lewis Strauss, who maintained that concerns over fallout were overblown, and therefore a ban was unnecessary.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik