magnified

On these, magnified by their convex lenses of water, we pounced.

He did not suppress any of the details; in fact, he magnified them just a bit.

She was dismayed at the tale he bore her, magnified to cover his own shame.

Large things which they do not wish are minimized and small things are magnified.

It has been minimized into a riot and magnified into a deed of glory.

He magnified the impending disgrace of bankruptcy and imprisonment.

The reporters had seized upon these meagre details and magnified them.

It was, as is usual, the menacing attitude in which they approached him that magnified their powers.

It sounded now like the buzzing of a swarm of bees, magnified a thousand times.

It was like a thin veil which disclosed dimly what it distorted and magnified.