Example sentences for: overblown

How can you use “overblown” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It has overcome its penchant for "overblown, chest-beating angst," according to Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone , with its most mature album to date, which features clever, self-mocking lyrics and bears the influence of '70s supergroup Led Zeppelin.

  • (Which is one reason why bubble talk is overblown.)

  • However, while I agree that security is a serious issue, I reiterate that the hysterics with which security stories are played out in the media are generally overblown.

  • The concern over Internet security is somewhat overblown.

  • Not only is the piece already a gush for the show, but--not to be a party-pooper--the last paragraph seems somehow overblown after reading the news accounts of Arkan's slaying, since he headed what was really "really a paramilitary orgainzation."


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