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Meanings of overpraise in English

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Usage of overpraise in English
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And yet, Rangers have been subject to recent and bemusing overpraise.
The Guardian
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But you can overpraise a kid and it backfires, Waters says.
Radio NZ
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Or, if I overpraise them, it is after testing them.
The Sayings of Confucius
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It would be hard to overpraise that fine touch.
Concerning Cats: My Own and Some Others
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With his patients he was so perfect at all points that it is hard to overpraise him.
Medical Essays, 1842-1882
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But it is less easy to overpraise Admiral Dewey's energetic and aggressive handling of the entire campaign.
A History of Sea Power
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Did the public overpraise you at first?
A Little Journey in the World
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One could hardly overpraise 'General Booth'.
The Chinese Nightingale, and Other Poems
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The Master said, Of the men that I meet, whom do I cry down, whom do I overpraise?
The Sayings of Confucius
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It is hard to overpraise this book, which lays bare the weaknesses of British government so clinically and entertainingly.
The Guardian
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This was all he said, but it was very sweet to Lalie, who had never been spoiled by overpraise.
L'Assommoir
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You overpraise me, Mrs. Vervain.
A Foregone Conclusion
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In her view, it is coddling and condescending overpraise, not simple obstruction, that has done most damage to women poets.
Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism
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I can't overpraise him.'
Beauchamp's Career — Volume 2
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Among the Japanese of the old regime one encounters a courtesy, an unselfishness, a grace of pure goodness, impossible to overpraise.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: Second Series
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Our lives have not been all sunshine, but Zulime has met all storms with a brave sweetness, which I cannot overpraise.
A Daughter of the Middle Border
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