exaggeration
Example Sentences
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What he thought was a hyperbolic exaggeration would come true all too soon.
From Literature
“I saw some government people on TV saying it’s just exaggeration and sensationalism and what and what… you know them and their big words!”
From Literature
Seyfried’s performance is, no exaggeration, one of the finest and most mesmerizing turns any actor has given across the thriller genre.
From Salon
It’s no exaggeration to call the joint U.S.-U.K. military post on the island roughly 1,000 miles southwest of India a vital forward military deployment.
"And she said to me 'you've got a brilliant mind', which is probably an exaggeration, but she said, 'I'd like you to volunteer for Citizens Advice because you're not using your mind.'"
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
