Example Sentences

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The director, Diego Ongaro, a French filmmaker who lives and works in New England, doesn’t overdramatize Merc’s situation, or tether him to the machinery of a plot.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2022

“It is possible to get rid of it, so I don’t think we have to overdramatize what is happening.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2022

Don’t overdramatize anything or fall all over yourself apologizing.

From Slate • Nov. 26, 2020

All the dispatchers I spoke to basically asked of me: 'Will you please show us in a real light and not overdramatize what this job is like?'

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2017

Twenty-six hands must tell their story but not overdramatize.

From Voices from the Past by Bartlett, Paul Alexander