One explanation given for the finding was that men tended to "overrate" the severity of cold and flu symptoms. From Wordnik.com. [WalesOnline - Home] Reference
“I am afraid you greatly overrate my good nature.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Stories]
“You overrate my interest, Miss Bellenden,” said Lord. From Wordnik.com. [Old Mortality] Reference
Wotton did not overrate the persuasiveness of the Jesuits. From Wordnik.com. [English Travellers of the Renaissance] Reference
But they overrate some aspects of the live experience, too. From Wordnik.com. [Going out by staying in: where to watch the arts online] Reference
It was an important three points, but we can't overrate it. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Germany dominates in Cup's first rout] Reference
It is impossible to overrate the significance of this event. From Wordnik.com. [The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa] Reference
Similarly, it's easy to overrate trade's impact on factory jobs. From Wordnik.com. [THE WORLD IS STILL ROUND] Reference
Such people tend to overrate money; they give it too much respect. From Wordnik.com. [Why Does Paul O'Neill Keep His Alcoa Options?] Reference
It is hard to overrate the consequences of the fall of New Orleans. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
Gentlemen, it is impossible to overrate the importance of the subject. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)] Reference
"I'm afraid you overrate my capabilities," said Anstice rather cynically. From Wordnik.com. [Afterwards] Reference
“You overrate your power, sir,” said Mr. Lewisham, a little mollified. From Wordnik.com. [Love and Mr Lewisham] Reference
"I am sure," protested Diane, "that you greatly overrate my small service.". From Wordnik.com. [Diane of the Green Van] Reference
Somms are expensive, and I think you overrate what their importance will be. From Wordnik.com. [Does the Wine Advocate buy over $700,000 worth of wine a year? | Dr Vino's wine blog] Reference
It is difficult to overrate the political importance of this great gathering. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
When they first start working on something, they overrate their achievements. From Wordnik.com. [The Anatomy of Determination] Reference
Who can be liable to overrate the vastness of the destiny for which he was created?. From Wordnik.com. [The Jericho Road] Reference
It is impossible to overrate the importance of these events upon the future of America. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
England for being an empire, we may overrate the success with which we rule the Hindoos. From Wordnik.com. [Orthodoxy] Reference
Many assume victims overrate this crime as self pity though this is so far from the truth. From Wordnik.com. [A Simple Understanding] Reference
In general, Americans overrate Asia's eagerness to adopt U.S. cultural and political values. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming Power Struggle] Reference
We are not liable to overrate his influence as a compromising pacificator from 1832 to 1852. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
According to the Centers for Disease Control, 65 percent of Americans are obese or overrate. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2009] Reference
Too often fantasy owners overrate players on successful teams and undervalue the guys on losers. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Teams for Fantasy Steals] Reference
Even if she did not overrate herself, such self-estimate implied no little boldness in expression. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
I say this, because it seems to me you are inclined to overrate the difficulties of your position. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference
Perhaps you overrate the effect which would have been produced on your character by such a single cause. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861] Reference
As this was the only occasion on which I saw Nelson, I may, possibly, overrate the value of the incident. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 342, November 22, 1828] Reference
He can hardly be said to overrate the importance of one of these works, -- the celebrated Letters of Cortes. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859] Reference
Henriette could not overrate the importance of early familiarity with the difference between right and wrong. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
We are apt at first sight, however, knowing the great solubility of nitrates, to overrate this source of loss. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
On this side of the Kiel Canal, unless I overrate the powers of the waterplane, there is no safe harbor for it. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index] Reference
They are qualities whose attainment and retention are singularly rare, and whose value we cannot easily overrate. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864] Reference
I must think that you overrate the importance of new surfaces on mountains and dispersal from mountain to mountain. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1] Reference
It would be difficult, if not impossible, to overrate the services of Mr. Freese to the cause of education in Cleveland. From Wordnik.com. [Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men] Reference
It is impossible to overrate the value of the services rendered to the exposition by the special commissioner for history, Miss. From Wordnik.com. [Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission] Reference
His thoughts are greater, and in consequence the greater is his tendency to prize them, the more extreme is his tendency to overrate them. From Wordnik.com. [Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American] Reference
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