exaggeration
Example Sentences
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That was an exaggeration, but I was pleased by how Anna May presented me.
From Literature
More important, we should be wary of the vast chasm between the frenzied exaggerations of the media that attend this case and its actual significance.
“By removing these boxed warnings, we ensure that women receive accurate information about hormone therapy—free from exaggeration or fear,” Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said.
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
