tall tale
Example Sentences
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He repeats the tall tales, and he sympathizes with their struggles with wanderlust and the challenge of finding civilian clothes that fit and are affordable.
Most of the stories were tall tales and urban legends told to entertain or to score some popularity.
From Salon
The spokesperson added: "We stand ready to annihilate Ms Pisciotta's tall tales before a jury − an exoneration so inevitable that even she, lost in her fog of fantasy, must surely see it coming."
From BBC
He delights in tall tales of a Barbary lion that has escaped Northern Africa and now roams the streets of Paris.
From Los Angeles Times
But you have to wonder whether his mother told him a tall tale as a child to comfort him.
From Los Angeles Times
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