Despite the best – and most overblown – efforts of some government ministers and certain sections of the press, the move from weekly rubbish collections to more regular recycling has actually gone relatively smoothly.
Most arguments against gay marriage, he writes in a closely argued new polemic, are "overblown, at best, often just fanciful, and sometimes hypocritical".
But the season premiere is a handy time to say, for the record, that the claims made in some quarters for "Game of Thrones" — including, ever more boldly, that it's the best show on television — are overblown.
The best scenes are not the overblown, skull-assaulting action sequences — which add remarkably little that will be fresh or surprising to devotees of the "Transformers" franchise — but the moments in between, when the assembled heroes have the opportunity to brag, banter, flirt and bicker.
Though the intricate fantasy is certainly enjoyable, claims that it is the best show on television may be overblown.
The show, which can be an adrenaline rush, is best appreciated as a sort of overblown music video with stark lighting, billowing smoke and headache-inducing sound designs.
The best American organs remind me of an overblown California cabernet.
Mr. Greenspan has said he will do his best to prove that those concerns are overblown.
Forget Carpool Karaoke, the semi-regular Late Late Show segments where he feigns an overblown tantrum are some of the best things he's ever done.
Neil M. Barofsky, the former inspector general for the Treasury's bank bailout fund, said fears that banks would not cooperate were overblown because it was "in their best interest to cooperate to avoid criminal prosecution and to keep their license".
