hyperbole

Example Sentences

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He tends to pick his words carefully and avoid exaggeration or hyperbole.

From BBC

Adams later called his comments “hyperbole,” but they were not the first instance of the comic writer courting controversy.

From Salon

He later defended his comments and said that he had been using hyperbole to make a point, adding that he disavowed racists and that media reports had ignored the context of his comments.

From BBC

Adams discussed his own cancellation after the fact, saying a few days later on his livestream that he had been using hyperbole, “meaning an exaggeration,” to make a point.

From Los Angeles Times

And yet it is precisely a lack of hyperbole or hysteria—a quieting control, one might say—that makes it so moving.

From The Wall Street Journal