Blew out of proportion

Usage examples of overstated.

Nevertheless, I gained face of a certain kind, as one who could produce a love poem, authentic if perhaps overstated, on demand.

The cruelty of this disease cannot be overstated, but the intense support that PALS, their families, their doctors, and other caregivers provide to one another is inspirational.

Like the rest of the house it had been glamorously decorated in an overstated contemporary fashion, with raw silk wallcoverings and bowl-shaped furniture.

The bottom line is that the successes in forecasting have been overstated (sometimes drastically) and misapplied in other areas.

So a few scientists have overstated their cases and have egg on their faces.

Anyone who’d heard the police band broadcast would know how the boys’ hands had been tied and the significant, if overstated, fact that “their genitals had been removed.

Talk of Esme's somewhat overstated performance as the widow, and it was here that I understood that Nuala and Brocky had never really liked Esme but had done their best to accept her as a daughter-in-law.

Though the Hags had purposefully overstated their fears, it seemed this current instability was living up to their pretended anxieties.

Although Cwan still felt as if they had overstated the matter, nevertheless he had endeavored to act a bit less like displaced royalty, simply out of interest in helping life go more smoothly.

I probably overstated my position by mentioning military action, but let's be honest.