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- verb Present participle of
overdramatize .
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Examples
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An inkling of this came out in two posts on Thursday but it was disguised to the point where Wolfie felt it was "overdramatizing".
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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Call me crazy, or as this person put it "overdramatizing", but it disturbed me.
Michelle Renee: Anyone Else Need a Life Size Lint Roller? 2008
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NATO planes bombed a column of Libyan government reinforcements on their way to the besieged city of Misrata, according to rebel fighters in the city, while a government official accused NATO of overdramatizing the humanitarian crisis in Misrata.
What's News 2011
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A government official accused NATO of overdramatizing the humanitarian crisis in Misrata.
Rebels in Misrata Call for Foreign Troops Charles Levinson 2011
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Traveled throughout Texas; Oklahoma, too, conducting revival meetings in a circus tent; overdramatizing the word of God, turning the Scriptures into a cross between German opera and a hockey game, as only a Protestant can do.
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I wanted to name him "hawk-bait" for the very reason that he was stark white and obvious hawk-bait, he though I was overdramatizing.
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He was so amused by the whole thing, she decided she might be overdramatizing the incident.
Thieves Like Us Starr Ambrose 2010
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"One of Bud's great skills, and he does it in victory and in defeat, is putting it into perspective without overdramatizing things," Moorcroft said in ESPN's 2008 documentary Bud Greenpsan: At the Heart of the Games.
Universal Sports Revisits the Glory of Olympic Filmmaker Bud Greenspan 2010
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"I'm a little afraid of winning today's immunity challenge." said Stephen, overdramatizing his pretend-angst, as usual.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor Tocantins: Breakfast at Tocantins. 2009
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First, when -- when the captain was taken hostage, he didn't go into a lather on television, overdramatizing the issue.
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