1
: excessively large in girth : portly
2
: inflated
overblown claims
overblown rhetoric
also
: pretentious
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Examples of overblown in a Sentence
Adjective (2)
overblown predictions of financial calamity after the company had one bad quarter
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Isabella Murray, ABC News, 8 July 2024
Still, some on Wall Street say fears may be overblown.
—Beth Greenfield, Fortune, 1 July 2024
Concerns about docks and shorelines are overblown, proponents say, the result of only a few irresponsible boat owners.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 20 June 2024
Lankford said divides within the Republican Party are often overblown.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2024
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Adjective
Yet one source familiar with platform deliberations told ABC News that much of the alarm is overblown, furthering that some see any change as a complete reconfiguration of the party's beliefs, which the source flatly denies.
—Isabella Murray, ABC News, 8 July 2024
Still, some on Wall Street say fears may be overblown.
—Beth Greenfield, Fortune, 1 July 2024
Concerns about docks and shorelines are overblown, proponents say, the result of only a few irresponsible boat owners.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 20 June 2024
Lankford said divides within the Republican Party are often overblown.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2024
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“Overblown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overblown. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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