larger than life
Example Sentences
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It opened my eyes to a world that was larger than life, yet still personal at its core.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Mike Papantonio strutted on a raised stage, his own face a hundred times larger than life on the screen behind him.
From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026
The consensus was someone who is warm, funny, loud, brash and larger than life, with jokes for the children and adults alike but they cannot be a shrinking violet.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025
Stone’s iPad, with its open sonic complexity, created a sense of space, a roomy aural soundscape in which jazz and butoh became elements not egos, not larger than life, just more life, the merrier.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
I felt like we were in a different world, a magical realm, where everything was larger than life.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
