whopper

Example Sentences

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Maybe the audience knew that was just too big of a whopper.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 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

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

A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has a couple of experts proposing a new category of whopper hurricanes: Category 6.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2024

“See how we’re slant against the sun? ’Cause there’s a whopper of a crosswind, so we have to crab.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein