whopper

Example Sentences

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The retired engineer still made a whopper of a mistake when Lufthansa emailed him about a flight-schedule change last summer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 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

I’m not sure about you, but 2025 has been a whopper of a year so far.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 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

She said that if he ever told a bigger whopper than the ones I used to tell, she had yet to hear it.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson