overstate

How To Use overstate In A Sentence

• The term apocalyptic does come to mind, and that really isn't an overstatement. CNN Transcript Sep 16, 2005
• The importance of this book for the future of the Church of Christ can hardly be overstated.
• Actually, to say that Carlos Slim "jockeyed" for the title overstates the case. Ventura County Star Stories
• I agree that the piece is positive, though I think “glowingly positive” is an overstatement. The Volokh Conspiracy » CNN Profiles Lawyers in Same-Sex Marriage Case
• For example, by relying exclusively on mortality data the ineffectiveness of medical science is overstated.
• The article continues: The APS is opening its debate with the publication of a paper by Lord Monckton of Brenchley, which concludes that climate sensitivity -- the rate of temperature change a given amount of greenhouse gas will cause -- has been grossly overstated by IPCC modeling. Archive 2008-07-01
• The importance of consistency in your daily schedule can not be overstated.
• Statisticians say the inflation figures may overstate the speed of price rises.
• Further, Newton's assumption that Wallace is the sole practitioner of the artful defusion of 'high brow' pretension by 'street slang' is an overstatement -- recall Joyce's exhausting of the entire practice in his "Oxen of the Sun" episode of Ulysses where the whole history of the English language is satirized, equally, from its inception to his contemporary cockney. Omer Rosen: Footnoting David Foster Wallace: Part 1
• Don't overstate your case or no one will believe you.