whopper

Example Sentences

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Maybe the audience knew that was just too big of a whopper.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

You have invested so prodigiously that you have left yourself with a whopper of a tax bill if you were to withdraw large sums now.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 16, 2025

Telling such an obvious whopper to a jury seems like it will backfire by making them believe the defense attorneys are just liars.

From Salon • May 6, 2024

He takes on the role of the "something of a whopper" Oompa-Loompa named Lofty, complete with green hair and an orange face.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2023

She was telling a whopper, and I wondered why.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck