bigger than life
Example Sentences
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Mielants wanted to make it “slightly bigger than life, but also very grounded at the same time” to underscore its importance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2024
The Rangers called Howard “a bigger than life personality who was very popular with his teammates and the fans.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
After filming his classmates on a trip to the beach, the footage, shown to the whole school, makes one bully look ridiculous and another glamorous, bigger than life.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
A bigger than life, powerhouse of a woman, my own mother's favorite person who ever lived……the incomparable, Willie Felt.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2022
There was something sweetly shy about the way he looked at me, glancing at, and then away from, my face, his brown eyes bigger than life through his glasses.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
