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The trend to overdramatize has been growing for some time, of course.

"I don't want to overdramatize this, but it could have the same effect as cutting people off the program."

The index remains in the positive area so we should not overdramatize the decline.

"It's very easy either to overdramatize or to trivialize this meeting," he said.

It needed a little work, and he would have to be careful not to overdramatize it.

"I do not want to overdramatize this," he said.

But it's important not to overdramatize the situation.

By the very nature of the risk involved he had communicated desperation, and it wasn't Leo's style to overdramatize.

"I don't want to overdramatize this, but she was in extraordinary agony," former President Bush said.

I didn’t want to overdramatize things but I did want to get people to face their responsibilities.

'You do overdramatize things a bit, you know, John.

So they had to overdramatize certain details.

"We don't really overdramatize the situation," Bryant said.

He did have a tendency to overdramatize things, to invest the small aspects of life with the gravity and import they received in literature.

The professional historians worry that the wrong people are going to interpret - overdramatize, perhaps prettify - the reality of our past.

Not to overdramatize, but the delay could have meant - and still could mean - the difference between life and death.

You're saying they overdramatize" "Don't do that," he said. "

Tomorrow, he will perform, but will not overdramatize.

"The tendency to overdramatize is mine," Modjeska writes, and she is right.

Avoid the temptation to overdramatize these sonic touches by turning the tweeter control too far up.

"It's been designed to overdramatize what was a fascinating exciting event, a real-life event in 13 people's lives."

Or seen Dennis Rodman overdramatize in order to draw a charging foul?

There is a tendency, what with a 48-game season and all, to overdramatize losses and over-lionize wins.

ANN noted that the second anime season tends to overdramatize, especially in the last three episodes.

For all the political machinations, it is important not to overdramatize Mr. Yeltsin's moves.