Example Sentences

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I treat many adults who have severe eating disorders partly as a result of growing up in a society that overvalues thinness, promotes dieting for weight loss, and shames people who are overweight or obese.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2024

Data shows the draft value chart developed by Johnson in the early 1990s — which assigns each pick numerical value and is still used leaguewide — overvalues the top 50 picks and undervalues the rest.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2020

Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier, who supports tax relief, guessed that public frustration about overvalues, by itself, caused a 5% to 10% boost for Eyman’s measure.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2019

One person overvalues himself while, at the same time, devaluing the contributions of others.

From Inc • Apr. 10, 2013

That is a better philosophy, when all is said and done, than the stoical fortitude that anticipates dreariness, that draws the shadow over the sun, that overvalues endurance.

From The Altar Fire by Benson, Arthur Christopher