Sentence examples for over promising from inspiring English sources

In every room of their home, she remembers watching him strip and paint the walls over and over, promising that they would be perfect.

Eventually, she asked if she could come over, promising she would bring a bottle of wine.

"The way I think we break it down is by being clear about what we're offering and not over promising.

Consultants like Kostecki pop up over and over, promising big and, in some cases, delivering big.

Modojo's top 10 list of handheld failures lets gamers reminisce on how much money they threw down the drain over "promising" portables.

In it they recognize experience, the scars of battle, and as such don't worry about you over promising.

Although he has retained something of the salesman – silver-tongued, but over-promising.

The work and pensions committee chair, Dame Anne Begg, accused Duncan Smith of bullish behaviour and said he should "stop over-promising what can't be delivered".

It closes with a voice-over promising, "Degree — it won't let you down," and the tag line for the campaign: "Do:More".

Branson, for example, has embarrassed his own engineers – even if he does promise them unlimited holidays – by over-promising space flight to tourists and to public officials who handed him tax breaks.

Over-promising, unfortunately, dominates political debate.