How to Use overpromise in a Sentence

overpromise

verb
  • Bourne did not overpromise the coach.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Balance is key, so don’t overpromise or spread yourself too thin.
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
  • This holds a lot of promise, but one also must be careful not to overpromise.
    — Benjamin P. Brown, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Eli Lilly doesn’t want to overpromise, get the stock higher on hype.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 May 2025
  • Just watch the tendency to overpromise.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Mentioning his love of thighs could overpromise on his libido.
    — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Those who purport to be able to do more are overpromising their services, experts say.
    — Rachel Hale, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
  • That agreement overpromised what the river could provide.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • No need to overspend, invest and overpromise just to feel more powerful.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
  • Don't overpromise just because the momentum feels good.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
  • Another central point is to not overpromise on the tech just to satisfy investors or get more customers.
    — Billee Howard, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • And more importantly, wouldn’t this lead to overpromising what AI can do?
    — Emilia David, The Verge, 13 Jan. 2024
  • For example, overpromising leads to a team that overpromises.
    — Muhammad Nabeel Shamim, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Red light therapy is not new, but many red-light products on the market either overpromise results or lack proper guidance.
    — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 20 May 2025
  • If that’s the case, Musk—who has a history of overpromising—could become the world’s first trillionaire.
    — Matt Durot, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Glamming up a robot risks overpromising what the robot as a product can actually do.
    — Rodney Brooks, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The potential for screening to save lives was overpromised, especially for young women.
    — Peggy Orenstein, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Of course, there's a risk that Rivian itself will overpromise and under-deliver.
    — Matt McFarland, CNN, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Going the extra mile always pays off but be careful not to overpromise and underdeliver.
    — Michael Gabay, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The issue is that there is a lot of overpromising in finance today, based on what the capabilities of models are.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • Lawyers for the plaintiffs accuse the company of overpromising what its technology can do in order to sell cars.
    — Joel Rose, NPR, 14 July 2025
  • Newsom does have a tendency to overpromise and screw up, restocking his critics’ ammo drawer.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2021
  • To be sure, disclosure requirements might overpromise how much prospective parents can learn about their future children.
    — Sonia Suter, Quartz, 22 Jan. 2022
  • The United States has also overpromised on other hot-button issues in the region.
    — Michael Shifter, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2022
  • Investors will also quickly pick up on companies that overpromise and underdeliver — and yank their funds from the stock.
    — CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Crypto skeptics say these efforts overpromise the financial upside and gloss over the risks, propping up an overhyped market rife with scams and hacks.
    — Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Acknowledge openly what is unknown rather than overpromising outcomes.
    — Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
  • People will overpromise and be too altruistic in a very unrealistic way.
    — Rob Reddick, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Both teams should present a unified front, avoiding overpromising that puts onboarding in a difficult position.
    — Rachel Lyubovitzky, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
  • As is often the case, however, the city and county have overpromised and under-delivered on their homeless housing promises.
    — Adam Summers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026

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