overscale
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of overscale
Example Sentences
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In niches along the way sit a Salvador Dalí chair and the iconic overscale banquette from which countless guests have started taking selfies.
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2019
The new zoning, they fear, may usher in overscale construction in the open spaces they cherish.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2017
Because Hibler is passionate about food and design, Yantrasast designed an overscale kitchen so that multiple people can cook at the same time.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2017
The garments were emphatically overscale, like much of Mr. LaMaar’s sumptuous output, a selection of coats, shapely dresses and sweaters bearing the label 5:31 Jérôme.
From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2015
These interminable sequences of overscale mayhem are kinetic and elaborate but almost entirely lacking in tension, grace or visual wit.
From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2011
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