bigger than life
Example Sentences
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The Rangers called Howard “a bigger than life personality who was very popular with his teammates and the fans.”
From Washington Times • Oct. 30, 2023
After filming his classmates on a trip to the beach, the footage, shown to the whole school, makes one bully look ridiculous and another glamorous, bigger than life.
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2022
A bigger than life, powerhouse of a woman, my own mother's favorite person who ever lived……the incomparable, Willie Felt.
From Salon • Jul. 2, 2022
“Tony truly was bigger than life, on and off the field,” Pitt Coach Pat Narduzzi said.
From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2022
Mrs. Smeath bigger than life, bigger than she ever was.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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