How to Use overhype in a Sentence

overhype

verb
  • Which ones to use, which ones are overhyped, how to train the team.
    — Ming Zhu, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • What tech is being overhyped right now?
    — Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026
  • What tech is being overhyped right now?
    — Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • What tech is being overhyped right now?
    — Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Maybe that overhyped players-only meeting last week was full of yells and screams.
    — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Are the changes to the Cowboys’ defense overhyped?
    — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • Carson Beck doesn’t want to overhype what Sunday will be for him.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
  • So, which treatments are backed by solid evidence, and which ones are simply overhyped?
    — Rebecca Strong, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Ahead of the 2025 season, there is no doubt that the Tar Heels were overhyped.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • But fans and observers at home in China are cautioning against overhyping the young star.
    — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Here’s the honest breakdown — what actually works, what’s overhyped and where your money is better spent.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2026
  • More than 25% of respondents believe AI agents are overhyped.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Even drugs as effective as statins are probably overhyped — and overprescribed.
    — Thomas Goetz, STAT, 8 Jan. 2026
  • But some Chinese sports fans and commentators have urged the public not to overhype the preteen rising star.
    — Peter Guo, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2025
  • Wetter adds that supportive bedding matters, but gadgets are overhyped.
    — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 16 Feb. 2026
  • What’s overhyped is the idea that glass skin is a permanent state—or that more steps automatically lead to better results.
    — Corein Carter, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Teams do get overhyped, and there actually are reasons to be worried about Texas going into the new campaign.
    — Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Others dismiss it as overhyped, error-prone and untrustworthy.
    — Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Look, everyone accuses me of overhyping things.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 11 June 2026
  • And though Texas de Brazil is no small business, its popularity warrants the question of if it’s overhyped.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Avoid overhyping features; our strength is practical, multi-model AI.
    — William Jones, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Simple supplements make sense While most supplements are overhyped, a few key products can support your health and fitness when used responsibly.
    — Fred Sassani, Austin American Statesman, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Sacks added that job loss fears are overhyped, and instead, people stand to benefit most by learning to harness AI for new opportunities.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Private Debt Investors That urgency stands in sharp contrast to headlines declaring that AI is overhyped.
    — Don Muir, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Protein powders always felt overhyped — a product category with more marketing than satisfaction.
    — Samantha Leal, Refinery29, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The YouTuber accused Google of overhyping its hardware durability.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
  • One of his key points is that AI is both a legitimately transformative technology and also massively overhyped.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
  • But Republican leadership isn’t too concerned about Tuesday’s election results, saying the results of special and off-year contests are overhyped.
    — Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Synergy can do it — Disney’s parks run on its studios’ IP — but it’s usually overhyped by empire-building CEOs.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 11 June 2026
  • The Addition Of Tools Without Strategic Impact Tools-first thinking is overhyped.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025

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