Example sentences for: hyperbole

How can you use “hyperbole” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Cowboy hyperbole demands that it be known as the “Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth,” a title dating back to its beginnings in 1912.

  • None of them makes a hyperbole connection.

  • Under-researched and perfunctory (no editor or reporter wants this unrewarding, time-consuming assignment), tending toward hyperbole (once a writer has picked things to preview, he has to justify his choices), previews nonetheless provide a valuable service.

  • Which of the following is an actual bit of Trump fatuity, and which is an attempt to mock his hubris through amusing hyperbole?

  • To say that Shawn was "a man who grieved over all living creatures" is forgivable hyperbole; but later to add that he "mourned" for Si Newhouse when Newhouse unceremoniously fired him in 1987 (a couple of years after buying the magazine)--well, that's a bit much.


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