How to Use gloss over in a Sentence

gloss over

verb
  • Don’t gloss over what’s not working.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • This is not her first aggrievance and cannot be glossed over.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • That's to gloss over pretty deep teachings.
    — CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Instead, the Chiefs have glossed over the small points that made them, well, go be great.
    — Sam McDowell 12, Kansas City Star, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The study glosses over major risks and omits critical costs.
    — Chris Cate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • But the media is glossing over a key fact that sets this battle apart, if it is mentioned at all.
    — Niki Donohue, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
  • Some glossing over of the details is expected.
    — Eric Berger & Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 31 May 2026
  • This is the math that Trump glossed over on CNBC.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • That's to gloss over pretty deep teachings, but essentially, that's the root of it.
    — CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • For many of us, when the dessert menu comes, the selection of wines is glossed over, but there others who love a sweeter glass.
    — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Avoiding tough topics or glossing over challenges can leave kids confused or anxious.
    — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 26 June 2026
  • Critics slammed the film for glossing over some of the less convenient aspects of Jackson’s life.
    — ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Advertisement Still, these tender feelings can’t gloss over the gory bits of starting a band.
    — Katie Gavin, Time, 8 May 2026
  • The first kept glossing over everything, saying this isn’t damage and that isn’t an impact, Matthews said.
    — J.c. Hallman, Oklahoma Watch, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The state’s finance and reform package — which the editorial glosses over — does more than just write a check.
    — Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
  • In that familiar verse, people often focus on what is owed to Caesar and gloss over what is owed to God.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Otherwise, the court here glosses over one of the most important issues, which is what a creditor gets with a turnover order.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Those latter three likely don’t quite measure up in my opinion, but given the movement of the bar for starting pitchers, they shouldn’t merely be glossed over.
    — Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Advertisement Lorne glosses over the low points, mostly spotlighting the hits.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 17 Apr. 2026
  • What does rankle, however, is that that by glossing over such matters, the final film has been mostly stripped of any humanity, good and bad.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
  • But Burke’s personal history adds a dimension that often gets glossed over in casual retellings.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Dreyer’s willingness to laugh about the ordeal, rather than gloss over it, is exactly the kind of honest parenting moment that resonates.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Based on the severity of the case, this no longer is just a case of the NBA or Hornets glossing over something minor.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
  • In Mann’s view, the best approach to providing context is to plainly state the facts of the incident without glossing over your mistake or dwelling on it.
    — Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Everything is shrouded in secrecy or glossed over via bureaucratic jargon.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2026
  • True to form, stocks rallied Friday, glossing over worries about the pace of growth and inflation, and raising hopes for corporate earnings.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Leibniz’s and Newton’s papers glossed over some ambiguities.
    — Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
  • What’s also curiously glossed over — or at least truncated into a shorter segue than deserved — is Bernstein’s impact in Hollywood.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 23 Apr. 2026
  • For decades, the phrase has symbolized the mythos of the Texas Rangers law enforcement agency — and drawn criticism for glossing over parts of its history tied to racial violence and segregation.
    — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The star at the center of Molina’s universe is Ingrid Luna, a Rita Hayworth-type bombshell whose ice blonde tresses cannot gloss over her Latin flair.
    — Blythe Marks, Them., 17 Oct. 2025

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