whopper

Example Sentences

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Even for a president accustomed to making grandiose statements, this one was a whopper.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

New musicals are impossible dreams, and this is a whopper of a show, daunting in scale and jaw-dropping in ambition.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025

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

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

“It was a good whopper, though, don’t you think?”

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney