hyperbole

Example Sentences

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He knows that every success will be greeted by renewed hyperbole in the media and every failure by exaggerated criticism.

From BBC

The delivery of his trademark hyperbole was rushed to fit into the final, 10-minute window that closed the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition’s spring kickoff.

From New York Times

“The initial statement was clearly intended with a certain degree of hyperbole,” Hayward said.

From Washington Times

It was hardly hyperbole, according to Paul Johns, a wide receiver on that ’83 team and the Seahawks’ current director of Youth and High School Football programs.

From Seattle Times

The 2022 elections blew in on a hurricane of hyperbole about “existential” threats to democracy, which supposedly were “on the ballot.”

From Washington Post