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- verb Present participle of
overexaggerate .
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Examples
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She dresses to accentuate her best features rather than fearing or overexaggerating what she perceives as her flaws.
The Skinnygirl Dish BETHENNY FRANKEL 2010
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She dresses to accentuate her best features rather than fearing or overexaggerating what she perceives as her flaws.
The Skinnygirl Dish BETHENNY FRANKEL 2010
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I'm probably overexaggerating, but it seems like we're all lost.
"...you're lying." tragic_elegance 2008
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Mr. Wheelock says the artist likely had a reason for overexaggerating the size of the church in this work: "He could be making a symbolic connection between the purity of cloth and souls."
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Are we overexaggerating the importance of this so-called teachable moment?
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Is he overexaggerating the dire circumstances facing the U.S. economy right now?
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Neil: My GP has either reached a stage of non-self direction or has reached some conclusion which I fear may be personality based as he admitted in his last meeting to being exceedingly angry with me, simply for asking him basic questions - when he then tried to "prove" I was overexaggerating my symptoms by getting an oxyimeter, to "show me" I was at 100% saturation.
The Neurologist: in brief Elizabeth McClung 2008
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National Review has the full low-down but I prefer this version, carefully crafted to have Chrysler veteran chief economist Van Jolissaint "appearing" to attack "quasi-hysterical Europeans" for overexaggerating the risks of global warming.
Archive 2007-01-01 Richard 2007
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Either flattening out or overexaggerating this curve puts a strain on the underlying soft tissues.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I've seen it on TV, it's embarrassment, make you just look, make something small, well, it's nothing small because it's kids, and giving kids weed, but still, y'all are making it just over -- overexaggerating the whole thing.
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