Example sentences for: hyperbolic

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

  • Microsoft, Boeing, Weyerhaeuser, labor, and virtually every editorial page in the state opposed I-695, portraying it in hyperbolic, apocalyptic colors.

  • And unlike hyperbolic remarks in private exchanges, buried in the innards of our computers, this one went out to God-knows-how-many thousands of "eavesdroppers."

  • On the other hand, “figurative or exaggerated expression” would probably have been a simplified improvement over “metaphorical or hyperbolic expression,” which might be tough going for someone who had to look up literally to begin with.

  • L 1 in the literal sense; without metaphor or exaggeration 2 with exact equivalence; verbatim < follow the instructions ˜ > 3 — used to intensify a metaphorical or hyperbolic expression < she was ˜ — tearing her hair out >; disapproved of by some speakers

  • All three papers--the Washington Post , the Los Angeles Times , and the New York Times --lead with the hyperbolic rhetoric of the House prosecutors as they closed their argument on day three of the Senate impeachment trial.


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