Sentence examples for had oversold from inspiring English sources

Others argued that opponents had oversold the importance of Keystone XL as a contributor to future climate change.

Hype was so high that the team had oversold the press box, and your correspondent was "forced" to watch from the comfort of a local sports bar.

Defeat was compounded locally by the discovery that Warner, as the general secretary of the Trinidad and Tobago soccer federation, had oversold the permitted allotment of 28,500 tickets at Hasley Crawford Stadium.

By her measure, the government had oversold the benefits of homeownership, pushing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-backed mortgage finance giants, to lend increasingly to lower-income borrowers and fostering exceptionally low mortgage rates.

Asked in several ways whether he had oversold the threat from Iraq to justify the war, Mr. Bush said that he remained confident that banned weapons would be found, and that there had been a well-documented case even before he took office that Mr. Hussein had biological, chemical and nuclear weapons programs.

Others warned that Mr. Karzai had oversold stock in his new government, and was not likely to be able to satisfy the competing demands on him, let alone the expectations of ordinary Afghans and other officials who want to see change.

But we have oversold it.

Democrats argue that Mr Daniels has oversold his economic record.

One university, though, may have oversold its munificence.

Far from underpromising, she has oversold some reforms, notably in health care.

We have oversold stocks with a handful of fears -- particularly technology and telecom issues".