Sentence examples for overly manipulated from inspiring English sources

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There is never a sense that we are being overly manipulated – the choice of those characters whose inner thoughts he shares with us seems entirely apt – we never feel we are being narratively duped.

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The musical allusions were offered at face value: the fate motif from Wagner's "Ring" not overly portentous, Rossini's galloping "William Tell" Overture not overly hyper.

The movie doesn't, incidentally, deserve the fuss about Cinderella being overly thin – Branagh has denied using CGI.

The kind and overly trusting Roger Prince gives Michael the company's customer list to use as a reference, and Michael and Dwight leave triumphantly.

When Brendan Hansen set a world record in the 200-meter breaststroke, Gaines made the overly ebullient Scott Hamilton sound like a morose undertaker.

The overly protective Saul Steinberg Foundation did Steinberg a huge disservice by denying Ms. Bair the right to reprint more than a smattering of his art.

Being buffeted by the winds of fortune never empowers David, and it never overly emboldens Mr. O'Donnell either.

Adaptations of Dahl tend to be overly perverse (Tim Burton's movie of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory") or not perverse enough (the 1996 film of "Matilda").

Selig rejected a 17-year deal between the Dodgers and Fox Sports as one that would overly benefit Frank McCourt, the team's owner, and his estranged wife, Jamie.

Skip overly sugary breakfasts, such as sugary cereals or waffles with syrup.

"Reagan's central insight — that the liberal welfare state had grown complacent and overly bureaucratic," Mr. Obama wrote in his second book, "contained a good deal of truth".

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