Example Sentences

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But it turns out this piece could use a bit more dazzle; Aimard’s earnest reading ended up feeling overemphatic and heavy.

From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2019

But however suspensefully the score groans and cries, the emotional stakes dwindle with each overemphatic narrative curve.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2016

His parable jauntily turns away from the overemphatic legibility of parable.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 15, 2016

One twist of a melodic inflection, one overemphatic orchestral stab, and those carefully constructed verbal nuances have been obliterated.

From The Guardian • Jun. 28, 2013

This might have seemed overemphatic to an unprejudiced outsider.

From Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby by Norris, Kathleen Thompson