overstress
Example Sentences
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Sit in the building that originated “The Sopranos” and “The Wire” and you feel a certain pressure to intellectualize your ideas, to overstress your originality.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2025
“I cannot overstress the severity of the situation in Haiti, where multiple protracted crises have reached a critical point,” envoy Maria Isabel Salvador told the U.N.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2024
Caldwell’s production is a cut above the original off-Broadway version, which tended to overstress the sitcom mechanics.
From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2022
I really cannot overstress this: Don’t raise your voice to other kids on the playground.
From Slate • Feb. 3, 2021
"I can't overstress the importance of this," Forential said.
From Earth Alert! by Neville, Kris
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
