hyperbolize

Example Sentences

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The small but enthusiastic crowd of about 3,200 cheered things that are normally ignored, and the feel of a close finish seemed to take on hyperbolized gravity.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2021

This may be the fourth “Purge” film, but it’s the first that genuinely addresses some of the anxieties and frustrations unfolding in today’s America, albeit in its own dystopian, hyperbolized fashion.

From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2018

It does not need to be hyperbolized in scare quotes.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2018

That's the hyperbolized version, but not by much.

From Slate • Dec. 13, 2017

Its early stirrings are apparent in his letter to Pound: the sentences racing to match in number and variety the collections they describe, the grandiose gestures of self-deprecation, the hyperbolized confession of trifling sins.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 13, 2017