overpraise
Example Sentences
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Even last year,, external Chappell, rarely one to overpraise English batting, grouped Crawley with Root and Harry Brook as England's key Ashes batters.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025
Maybe the highest compliment came from Bob Gibson, never one to overpraise: “As a rule, I’m reluctant to express admiration for hitters, but I make an exception for Frank Robinson.”
From Washington Times • Dec. 29, 2019
The blowback from that tweet was such that Netflix has altered its methods a little, now opting for slightly ironic overpraise over outright sniffiness.
From The Guardian • Jul. 10, 2019
Orwell and Hardwick present the “gross” overpraise as calculated; I think it usually is not.
From Slate • Jan. 9, 2018
The rhyme under this cover in which the impecunious knight did not "overpraise" himself bore the title "How the Good Knight protected Sir Slosson's Credit," and was well calculated to fill me with forebodings.
From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 by Thompson, Slason
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
