Sentence examples for were overstated from inspiring English sources
verb
To exaggerate; to state or claim too much.
- I think it is overstating matters to say that an hour online is spending all night on the computer.
The initial reports were overstated.
Others say that the risks were overstated.
Perhaps the advantages were overstated or misinterpreted.
If the city is right, last year's scores were overstated.
Profits were overstated by $170 million, or nearly 80percentt.
That means corporate profits were overstated in 2000.
Stern said concerns about superstar defections were overstated.
He insisted that estimates that millions had died during the Khmer Rouge reign were overstated.
It upholds many of McCabe's complaints, but also says some of his claims were overstated.
He said in a telephone interview that the allegations about Mr. Bout's arms dealing were overstated.
But Jim Vanderslice, Dell's vice chairman, said in a telephone interview that analysts' concerns were overstated.
