bigger than life
Example Sentences
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I think it's ultimately this much bigger desire for each person to be bigger than themselves, to be bigger than life in a way.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2024
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
“Tony truly was bigger than life, on and off the field,” Pitt Coach Pat Narduzzi said.
From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2022
That’s how some legends evolve — they live on and get bigger than life, long after they have departed this earth.
From Washington Times • May 23, 2022
Mrs. Smeath bigger than life, bigger than she ever was.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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