How to Use overemphasize in a Sentence

overemphasize

verb
Definition of overemphasizenext
Synonyms for overemphasizenext
  • Be careful not to overemphasize the negative aspects of the event.
    — Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021
  • There, the production itself also tends to overemphasize the bizarre, and runs away from itself.
    — Vulture, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Hastings knows the importance of the series – the Mavericks are 6-0 in conference play; the Falcons are 5-1 – but doesn't want to overemphasize it.
    — Randy Johnson, Star Tribune, 5 Feb. 2021
  • But Harris thinks Zuboff’s book overemphasized the surveillance part and went too easy on the capitalism.
    — Steven Levy, WIRED, 3 Mar. 2023
  • People tend, however, to overemphasize the length or duration of their long runs.
    — Luke Humphrey, Outside Online, 20 Mar. 2019
  • The job of a physician is to deal in reality—to neither minimize threats nor overemphasize them.
    — James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Adaptive mode works fine in quiet settings but tends to overemphasize things like dialogue from a video in testing.
    — Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Keep a level head and avoid overemphasizing challenges.
    — USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2024
  • With less time to see his skills, the Brewers believe, rival teams may have overemphasized Mitchell’s medical condition.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • To overemphasize straightness and alpha-male stereotypes, though, presents its own risks, especially in a post-MeToo moment.
    — Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Although people are part of the environment, and ought to be part of the biosphere’s self-expression, the human point of view is overemphasized in any photograph, let alone one taken from a rocket.
    — Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The film has its surreal and twisted qualities as well as its obvious ones; the script and direction tend to overemphasize their points about misogyny.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
  • People often overemphasize gifts around the holidays when the real focus should be on family.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 10 Nov. 2022
  • People often overemphasize gifts around the holidays, when the real focus should be on family.
    — Annie Lane, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The absence of testing as a metric for acceptance in some colleges has also stirred fears about overemphasizing other parts of the application process.
    — Theara Coleman, theweek, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Weiler tends to overemphasize Ryan’s nerves and overplay his breakdowns, while Thompson portrays Dani nearly shrinking into the background.
    — In Swing State, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The role of gas as a transition fuel for developing countries, especially in Africa, cannot be overemphasized.
    — Yemi Osinbajo, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2021
  • There are some who hope that additional attention to the region does not overemphasize the partisan differences.
    — Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 29 July 2024
  • Critics overemphasize the possibility of making more money in the stock market.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
  • But to overemphasize the challenge of Godard — quite apart from ignoring the fact that difficulty can be, in itself, something quite pleasurable — is to risk understating the sheer beauty and, at times, the tenderness of his work.
    — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Conclusion The dangers of AI in offensive cyberattacks cannot be overemphasized.
    — Carlo Tortora Brayda, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • Douthat The story sketches lightly all the elements of Irishness that in a different movie would be layered on thickly, or overemphasized at another element’s expense.
    — Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 30 Mar. 2023
  • One expert explanation for why men often think about the Roman Empire is that the era has been historically overemphasized in Western societies, according to the Post.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The story sketches lightly all the elements of Irishness that in a different movie would be layered on thickly, or overemphasized at another element’s expense.
    — Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 30 Mar. 2023
  • In fiction, perhaps there can be a tendency to both overemphasize and underemphasize the centrality of this activity to modern life.
    — David Wallace, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
  • In an effort to pander to a certain type of consumer, wineries making inexpensive Chardonnay often overemphasize two specific flavors: oak and butter.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Definitions may overemphasize certain symptoms, harming those who don’t fit.
    — Bymichael Depeau-Wilson | Medpage Today, ABC News, 20 July 2022
  • Police overemphasize their likelihood of dying by gunfire, which shapes training and everyday police culture.
    — Stuart Schrader, The New Republic, 27 May 2021
  • Many factors contribute to a disaster of this magnitude, but the fundamental failure of the state’s energy infrastructure can’t be overemphasized.
    — Patrick George, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The prevalence of stone artifacts in the archaeological record, such as this Clovis point from the Dent site in Colorado, has led archaeologists to overemphasize presumably male activities, like hunting.
    — Stephen E. Nash, Discover Magazine, 16 June 2016

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