Example sentences for: overstated

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

  • But their celebrations are premature--the defeat of AIDS is completely overstated.

  • In addition, they overstated the FAA's ability to provide the military with timely and useful information that morning.

  • That position may be a bit overstated, particularly since Greenspan has shown an unusual ability to let his thinking on inflation, productivity, and the economy's possible growth rate evolve in response to changing data.

  • A piece argues that scientists have grossly overstated the importance of parents in molding their children.

  • Lazarus' claim that zealous clerks run the court is deemed "overstated" (David Garrow, the New York Times Book Review ).


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