exaggerate

"But its expanding uses also reveal how people are responding to that impulse. Some embrace it. Some exaggerate it for laughs. Others subvert it entirely to describe stepping back from the relentless pursuit of more."

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

That said, I don’t want to exaggerate what’s happened to me so far.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Mr. Stallone does not minimize the pain his parents caused him, nor does he exaggerate the effort required to get past it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

These figures do not exaggerate the amount of needed borrowing: They understate it.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

I cannot exaggerate the enhanced disquiet into which this conversation threw me, or the special and peculiar terror I felt at Compeyson’s having been behind me “like a ghost.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

The bigger this ratio, the more extreme the moves can be as leverage exaggerates them.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

Mr. Futterman occasionally exaggerates his case with over-the-top prose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Tech’s overwhelming dominance of the S&P 500, where the top 10 stocks in the market comprise around 40% of its market value, and crucially a third of its collective earnings, exaggerates the ongoing pullback.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025

As Close broke into laughter, Leger-Walker added, “I did. Maybe it was a couple of hours later, but I definitely returned her messages. She exaggerates that.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025

He exaggerates the difficulty of being a student, but his exaggeration reveals a general predicament.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

While Tiwari said it was intended to make the film more accessible to international audiences, Adlakha likened the result to "exaggerated mouth movements superimposed on still images for comedy sketches".

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Friday was month-end, which can trigger limited liquidity and exaggerated moves.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

Colombian deputy environment minister David Olarte Amaya, who is attending the summit, said the concerns about his country were exaggerated.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

American experts who work with the Saudi military say stories of disgruntlement among the military are exaggerated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

“Of course not really,” said the voice, with a drawl of exaggerated patience.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Some computer models are accused of exaggerating the significance of their findings, with the human researchers that oversee them then believing some of the claims without enough scepticism.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

I’m not exaggerating when I say this happens every single time we go to the movies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

What I was saying before is that they were exaggerating the threat.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026

Some economists question if the pattern is repeating itself, thus exaggerating the improvement in the labor market.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

She was always making things up and exaggerating.

From "Trouble at the Arcade (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #1)" by Franklin W. Dixon